ABF OPERATIONS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
13970021 · ltd · incorporated 2022-03-11
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
10 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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£9k£17k£26k£34k£43kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.1k
Current assets£42.9k
Net assets£2.1k
Average employees0

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

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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 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-01
    MCGUINNESS, Daniel Joseph appointed
    director
  4. 2024-12-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-23
    GIBSON, David resigned
    director
  7. 2023-10-23
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-03-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABF OPERATIONS LIMITED
  9. 2022-03-11
    GIBSON, Alison Deborah appointed
    director
  10. 2022-03-11
    GIBSON, Kevin David appointed
    director
  11. 2022-03-11
    GIBSON, David appointed
    director
  12. 2022-03-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin David Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1981 · age 45
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/03/2022

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
Incorporated2022-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

8 Webster Court
Carina Park
Warrington
WA5 8WD
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

GIBSON, Alison Deborah
director · ~67y · appointed 2022-03-11
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Active
GIBSON, Kevin David
director · ~45y · appointed 2022-03-11
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Active
MCGUINNESS, Daniel Joseph
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-04-01
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Active
GIBSON, David
director · ~68y · appointed 2022-03-11 · resigned 2023-10-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (10 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-18
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-03-11