ABACUS PROFESSIONS FINANCE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11317975 · ltd · incorporated 2018-04-19
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£60.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

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: strategic trade sale (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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £60,470
Net assets shrinking
Down £39,873 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£60k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20k£40k£60k£80k£100kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£60.5k£100.3k
Current assets£44.0k£87.5k
Net assets£60.5k£100.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2018-05-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-05-10
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2018-05-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-04-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS PROFESSIONS FINANCE LTD
  16. 2018-04-19
    ➕
    WARD, Andria Jayne appointed
    director
  17. 2018-04-19
    ➕
    WARD, Peter John appointed
    director
  18. 2018-04-19
    ➕
    WARD, Peter John appointed
    director
  19. 2018-04-19
    ➖
    WARD, Peter John resigned
    director
  20. 2018-04-19
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
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.

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 Peter John Ward
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
75–100%
—75-100% shares19/04/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Peter John Wardceased 19/04/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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
Incorporated2018-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Tamworth Enterprise Centre
Corporation Street
Tamworth
Staffordshire
B79 7DN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WARD, Andria Jayne→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-04-19
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Active
WARD, Peter John→
director · ~54y · appointed 2018-04-19
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Active
WARD, Peter John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-04-19 · resigned 2018-04-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-02