A BIKE THING LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
12580072 · ltd · incorporated 2020-04-30
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 4 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
- · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- · Opportunity score: 64 → 72
- · Bankability: 65 → 75
- · Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
- · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Opportunity score: 64 → 72
- ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
- ↑Filings: 15 → 16
- ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.
🔒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
72/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45400
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company 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: 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
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
16 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.
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 · IFRS| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 400 | 300 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (13 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs A BIKE THING LTD
- 2020-04-30➕ABEL, Roberta Laura Deborah appointeddirector
- 2020-04-30➕ABEL, Stephen Ronald David appointeddirector
- 2020-04-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 6 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 Stephen Ronald David Abel Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/04/2020 |
Mrs Roberta Laura Deborah Abel Individual · British · DOB 12/1977 · age 49 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/04/2020 |
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
Incorporated2020-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400
Registered office
Honey Hill Farm Quarry Berry Lane
Chilcote
Swadlincote
DE12 8DN
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-14
Last: 2026-04-30
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
ABEL, Roberta Laura Deborah→
Activedirector · ~49y · appointed 2020-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ABEL, Stephen Ronald David→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2020-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (16 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-28