ABNER ADVISORY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
13368138 · ltd · incorporated 2021-04-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£15.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £15,542

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£336
Net Worth
£16k
Current Assets
£23k
Current Liabilities
£0£5k£9k£14k£18k£23kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£15.8k
Current assets£22.7k
Cash£336
Debtors£22.4k
Net assets£15.5k
Average employees100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-01-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-01-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2024-12-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-12-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2024-12-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2024-12-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2023-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-04-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2023-04-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2023-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2023-04-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2022-10-26
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  18. 2022-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2022-05-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2021-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ABNER ADVISORY LIMITED
  21. 2021-04-30
    WELCH, Miles Wanstall appointed
    director

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Boddledale Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Boddledale Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ABNER ADVISORY LIMITED
This company · 13368138

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Boddledale Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting27/04/2023
Mr Miles Wanstall Welch
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
sig. influencesignificant influence30/04/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Louisa Welchceased 27/04/2023· significant influence

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.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Dragonfly Kings Lane
Cookham
Maidenhead
SL6 9AY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

WELCH, Miles Wanstall
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-04-30
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Recent filings (26 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18