ABBEY ICT HOLDINGS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11440945 · ltd · incorporated 2018-06-29
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 7.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.6y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £121.8k |
| Cash | — | £185 |
| Net assets | — | £121.8k |
| Average employees | 2 | — |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-06-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-03-26✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-02-27📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Npif Ii -Debt Nw LP Acting by Fwc Npifii Debt Gp Limited, as the General Partner of Npif Ii Debt Nw LP, Acting by Fw Capital Limited
- 2025-02-25📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-02-25🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-07-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-11📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-01-11📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-09-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2018-10-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans) Limited Acting on Behalf of and in Its Capacity as General Partner to Enterprise Ventures Sme Loans LP
- 2018-06-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY ICT HOLDINGS LTD
- 2018-06-29➕BOTHAM, Andrew Derek appointeddirector
- 2018-06-29➕WILSON, Andrew George appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-03-26: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew George Wilson Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 29/06/2018 |
Mr Andrew Derek Botham Individual · British · DOB 05/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 29/06/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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| 1-3 HENDLY COURT RTM COMPANY LTD→ 10654482 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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| A.J. BARON (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ 12250580 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| AABAN PARTNERSHIP HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 13746120 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-06-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Logic House
Ordnance Street
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 3AE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BOTHAM, Andrew Derek→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2018-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILSON, Andrew George→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2018-06-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Npif Ii -Debt Nw LP Acting by Fwc Npifii Debt Gp , as the General Partner of Npif Ii Debt Nw LP, Acting by Fw Capital Npif Ii -Debt Nw LP Acting by Fwc Npifii Debt Gp Limited, as the General Partner of Npif Ii Debt Nw LP, Acting by Fw Capital Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 26/02/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans) Acting on Behalf of and in Its Capacity as General Partner to Enterprise Ventures Sme Loans LP Evbl (General Partner Ev Sme Loans) Limited Acting on Behalf of and in Its Capacity as General Partner to Enterprise Ventures Sme Loans LP | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/10/2018 | 25/02/2025 |
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Recent filings (46 total)
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-19
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-03-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-07-24