AB1 GROUP LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12558401 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-16
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
£16.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £16,431
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£16k
Current Assets
£34k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £33.7k |
| Current assets | £33.6k |
| Net assets | £16.4k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-18📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-30➕HUNT, Edward appointeddirector
- 2025-11-30➖HUNT, Edward resigneddirector
- 2025-05-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-13➕HUNT, Edward appointeddirector
- 2021-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-05-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-04-16🏢Company incorporatedAs AB1 GROUP LIMITED
- 2020-04-16➕CORBEN, Rowan appointeddirector
- 2020-04-16📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Edward Hunt Individual · English · DOB 09/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 13/05/2021 |
Mr Rowan Corben Individual · British · DOB 11/1981 · age 45 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 16/04/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-04-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
128 City Road
London
EC1V 2NX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last: 2026-03-14
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CORBEN, Rowan→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-04-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUNT, Edward→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2025-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HUNT, Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2021-05-13 · resigned 2025-11-30
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Recent filings (22 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-18
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-18
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13