ABACUS 5 LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11234341 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-05

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 6.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

71/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of head offices

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

10 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.5y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

71/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand

2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-12-15
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accounts · AA
2024-07-29
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-29
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Charge satisfied #8
2024-05-13
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mortgage · MR01
2024-05-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-03
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Charge registered #10
Lender: Redwood Bank Limited
2024-05-03
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Charge satisfied #4
2024-04-18
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-18
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Charge registered #9
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2023-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
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mortgage · MR01
2020-12-09
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-09
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-08
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-08
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-12-08
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-11-30
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Charge registered #8
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-11-30
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-11-30
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-11-30
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-11-30
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-11-30
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2020-08-14
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-08-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2019-12-03
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2019-11-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
2018-03-05
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Company incorporated
As ABACUS 5 LIMITED
2018-03-05
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JASPAL, Gurandan Singh appointed
director
2018-03-05
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JASPAL, Harminder Kaur appointed
director

Owner dependency

86/100

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

8 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gurandan Singh Jaspal Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	05/03/2018
Mrs Harminder Kaur Jaspal Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	05/03/2018

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

Incorporated2018-03-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Stoneleigh House 66-70 Earlsdon Street

Coventry

CV5 6EJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

JASPAL, Gurandan Singh→

director · ~70y · appointed 2018-03-05

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Active

JASPAL, Harminder Kaur→

director · ~67y · appointed 2018-03-05

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Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Redwood Bank Redwood Bank Limited	A registered charge	1 property	03/05/2024	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	18/04/2024	—
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	30/11/2020	29/07/2024
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	30/11/2020	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	30/11/2020	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	30/11/2020	—
satisfied	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	30/11/2020	03/05/2024
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	1 property	30/11/2020	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	07/08/2020	—
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited	A registered charge	—	25/11/2019	—

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-12-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-12-15

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2024-07-29

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2024-05-13

mortgage-satisfy-charge-full

mortgage · MR04

2024-05-03

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date

mortgage · MR01

2024-04-18

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-18

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-03-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-03-08

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-12-23

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-09