ABCA BIDCO LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
13335947 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-15
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 5.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.1y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (84/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
20 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
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
77
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 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 other
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 other
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 other
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-30📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-07-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-07-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-07-17🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2025-07-17🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-07-09🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent)
- 2025-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-06-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-03-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2024-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-05-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-04-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-06-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-06-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-05-28📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-05-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-05-13➕BATSON, Philip appointedsecretary
- 2021-05-13➕BATSON, Philip Alan appointeddirector
- 2021-05-13➕MILLER, Philip James appointeddirector
- 2021-05-13➕SCOTT, Christopher Lyle appointeddirector
- 2021-05-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2021-04-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ABCA BIDCO LIMITED
- 2021-04-15➕KHANBHAI, Ali appointeddirector
Owner dependency
40/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Abca Topco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Abca Topco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ABCA BIDCO LIMITED
This company · 13335947
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Abca Topco Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 29/04/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ali Khanbhaiceased 29/04/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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
Incorporated2021-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
Cobalt 8 14 Silver Fox Way
Cobalt Business Park
Newcastle Upon Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE27 0QJ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-29
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-28
Last: 2026-04-14
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BATSON, Philip Alan→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2021-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KHANBHAI, Ali→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2021-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MILLER, Philip James→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2021-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SCOTT, Christopher Lyle→
Activedirector · ~47y · appointed 2021-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Glas Trust Corporation (As Security Agent) Glas Trust Corporation Limited (As Security Agent) | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/07/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | — | 14/03/2024 | 17/07/2025 | |
| satisfied | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | — | 13/05/2021 | 17/07/2025 |
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Recent filings (32 total)
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2026-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-17
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10