ABBA ACADEMY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11074067 · ltd · incorporated 2017-11-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Nov 2023
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: General secondary education
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85410Post-secondary non-tertiary education
  • 85421First-degree level higher education
  • 85510Sports and recreation education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 55/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (38/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2022Nov 2023

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2023-11-302022-11-30
Average employees100100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 gazette
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-01-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2024-12-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-29
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-08-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-15
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2019-01-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-11-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBA ACADEMY LIMITED
  14. 2017-11-21
    OMAKOBIA, Michael, Dr appointed
    director
  15. 2017-11-21
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2025-11-30

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2017-11-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85310 — General secondary education

Registered office

Onslow Hall
Little Green
Richmond
TW9 1QS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2025-11-30OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2023-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

OMAKOBIA, Michael, Dr
director · ~43y · appointed 2017-11-21
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Recent filings (21 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-28
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-02