AB NUTRITION GROUP LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
13421968 · ltd · incorporated 2021-05-26
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 May 2025
Net worth
£-43.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10890
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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, 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
13 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £43,446
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£43k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 208% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£43k-£34k-£25k-£16k-£7k£2kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1.6k£522
Current assets£1.6k£522
Net assets£-43.4k£-38.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-08
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    capital-alter-shares-subdivision
    capital · SH02
  3. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-03-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-08-16
    MASSON, David Nicholas appointed
    director
  9. 2021-08-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-05-26
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    Company incorporated
    As AB NUTRITION GROUP LTD
  11. 2021-05-26
    MASSON, Joshua Tobias appointed
    director
  12. 2021-05-26
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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
Mr Joshua Tobias Masson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/05/2021
Mr David Nicholas Masson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1987 · age 39
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/05/2021

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
Incorporated2021-05-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10890 — SIC 10890

Registered office

C/O Pennyhills (London) Llp
Wework, Churchill Place
London
E14 5RE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MASSON, David Nicholas
director · ~39y · appointed 2021-08-16
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Active
MASSON, Joshua Tobias
director · ~34y · appointed 2021-05-26
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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-16
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-05-26