ABEN INTERIORS & PROJECTS LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
13140124 · ltd · incorporated 2021-01-18
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
  • 74202Other specialist photography
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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 (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
15 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 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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-05-06
    FOOKS, Matt resigned
    director
  5. 2025-05-06
    WALE, Lewis resigned
    director
  6. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-10-12
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-01-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABEN INTERIORS & PROJECTS LIMITED
  12. 2021-01-18
    WALE, Adam appointed
    director
  13. 2021-01-18
    WALE, Samantha appointed
    director
  14. 2021-01-18
    FOOKS, Matt appointed
    director
  15. 2021-01-18
    WALE, Lewis appointed
    director
  16. 2021-01-18
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Samantha Wale
Individual · British · DOB 06/1995 · age 31
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/01/2021
Mr Adam Wale
Individual · British · DOB 07/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting18/01/2021

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-01-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

1 Duffield Road
Derby
DE1 3BB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WALE, Adam
director · ~40y · appointed 2021-01-18
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Active
WALE, Samantha
director · ~31y · appointed 2021-01-18
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Active
FOOKS, Matt
director · ~34y · appointed 2021-01-18 · resigned 2025-05-06
Resigned
WALE, Lewis
director · ~34y · appointed 2021-01-18 · resigned 2025-05-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (15 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-01-18