ABP TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12698536 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-25
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 5.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 64209Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
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 | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-17📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-14📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-08-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-06-29📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2023-06-28➕TOPPING, Paul Mark appointedsecretary
- 2023-04-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-04-07📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-15📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-01-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-01-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-01-18📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-01-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-01-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-01-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-01-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Andrew James Shephard
- 2020-12-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee)
- 2020-06-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ABP TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2020-06-25➕CARRINGTON, Paul appointeddirector
- 2020-06-25➕STIRLING, William Waddell appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr William Waddell Stirling Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 25/06/2020 |
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.
See pricing →Similar companies
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21ST CENTURY LEADERS LIMITED→ 04693087 · est 2003 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 23y | — | — |
| 2SQUARED AGENCY LIMITED→ 07056659 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| 3M RETAIL LIMITED→ 13782364 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 53GREENSHOP LTD→ 16258060 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| 570 LTD→ 15684601 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AB DISTRIBUTION NW LTD→ 10854952 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ABM WHOLESALE LTD→ 14925037 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ABP TECHNOLOGY LIMITED→ 10220411 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ABS SUPPLY LIMITED→ 16701772 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACAVA SUPERFOODS LTD→ 16496498 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACCREDA PHARMACEUTICALS LIMITED→ 16772254 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ACOW LIMITED→ 14556446 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
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🔒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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-06-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46510 — Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Registered office
1 Merchants Place
River Street
Bolton
BL2 1BX
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-08
Last: 2025-06-24
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
TOPPING, Paul Mark→
Activesecretary · appointed 2023-06-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARRINGTON, Paul→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2020-06-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STIRLING, William Waddell→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2020-06-25
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
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Andrew James Shephard | A registered charge | — | 31/12/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Bibby Financial Services Bibby Financial Services LTD (As Security Trustee) | A registered charge | 4 properties | 24/12/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (27 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-14
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-04
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-07
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-15