ABSOLUTE AUDIO PA HIRE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11148537 · ltd · incorporated 2018-01-15
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-58.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 1 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
72/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £58,067
Cash YoY
+277%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£10k
↑ 277% YoY
Net Worth
-£58k
↓ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£12k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£58k-£43k-£28k-£13k£2k£16kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-58.1k£-38.2k
Current assets£12.3k£16.4k
Cash£10.2k£2.7k
Debtors£2.1k£13.7k
Net assets£-58.1k£-40.5k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-04-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-27
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-02-14
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  8. 2022-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-08
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2022-01-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-01-18
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    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  14. 2018-01-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE AUDIO PA HIRE LIMITED
  15. 2018-01-15
    ➕
    TOMLINSON, Christopher appointed
    director
  16. 2018-01-15
    ➕
    TOMLINSON, Rebecca appointed
    director
  17. 2018-01-15
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 9 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Tomlinson
Individual · British · DOB 10/1977 · age 49
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/01/2018

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

135 Papplewick Lane
Hucknall
Nottinghamshire
NG15 8BG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TOMLINSON, Christopher→
director · ~49y · appointed 2018-01-15
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Active
TOMLINSON, Rebecca→
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (22 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-04-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-14
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2023-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-12