AB SOLAR LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14079584 · ltd · incorporated 2022-04-30
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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 (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-06📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-05-06🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-01-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Ultimate Finance Limited
- 2024-11-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-01📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-28📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-04-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-04-26📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-04-26📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-04-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-12-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-06-15➕SIMPSON, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2022-06-15📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-04-30🏢Company incorporatedAs AB SOLAR LTD
- 2022-04-30➕SIMPSON, Benjamin appointeddirector
- 2022-04-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
16/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — SIMPSON, Benjamin (same surname) appointed 2022-04-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Abs Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Abs Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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AB SOLAR LTD
This company · 14079584
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abs Holdings Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 28/04/2023 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Benjamin Simpsonceased 28/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46190 — Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Registered office
Units 2a And 2b Blacknest Industrial Estate
Blacknest
Alton
GU34 4PX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-12
Last: 2026-04-28
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
SIMPSON, Andrew→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2022-06-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIMPSON, Benjamin→
Activedirector · ~37y · appointed 2022-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Ultimate Finance Ultimate Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/01/2025 | 06/05/2026 |
Recent filings (23 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-04-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-04-26