ABACUS WS HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11417028 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-15

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 Jun 2024

Net worth

£687.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

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

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £687,623

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£51k

Net Worth

£688k

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-06-30	2023-06-30
Total assets	£1.07M	—
Cash	£51.1k	—
Net assets	£687.6k	—

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand

2025-03-25
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-03-23
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accounts · AA
2021-01-15
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accounts · AA
2020-03-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-06-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-06-17
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officers · AP01
2018-07-07
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PATON, Catherine appointed
director
2018-06-15
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Company incorporated
As ABACUS WS HOLDING COMPANY LIMITED
2018-06-15
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PATON, Daniel Michael appointed
director
2018-06-15
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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 8 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Catherine Paton Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/07/2018
Mr Daniel Michael Paton Individual · British · DOB 06/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	15/06/2018

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

Incorporated2018-06-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

27 Meadfoot Drive

Kingswinford

West Midlands

DY6 9DB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-28

Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PATON, Catherine→

director · ~52y · appointed 2018-07-07

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PATON, Daniel Michael→

director · ~53y · appointed 2018-06-15

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