ABBOTT BROWNE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11767697 · ltd · incorporated 2019-01-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
21 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 officers
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-11-24
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2019-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-12-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-11-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-11-25
    UNSWORTH, Martin Peter appointed
    director
  13. 2019-10-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2019-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-09-29
    TOLLERFIELD, Ian John resigned
    director
  16. 2019-01-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTT BROWNE LIMITED
  17. 2019-01-15
    TOLLERFIELD, Ian John appointed
    director
  18. 2019-01-15
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 Martin Peter Unsworth
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control15/01/2019

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

104 Mile End Lane
Stockport
SK2 6BY
England

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 (1 active · 1 resigned)

UNSWORTH, Martin Peter
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-11-25
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Active
TOLLERFIELD, Ian John
director · ~61y · appointed 2019-01-15 · resigned 2019-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-04
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-18