ABSS GROUP LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14687592 · ltd · incorporated 2023-02-24
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
£1.66M
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,661,733

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£522k
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 106% YoY
Current Assets
£522k
Current Liabilities
£0£332k£665k£997k£1.3m£1.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.66M£810.9k
Current assets£522.0k
Cash£522.0k
Debtors£3.0k
Net assets£1.66M£808.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-05-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2025-05-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-05-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2025-04-05
    CALLISTER, Steven Philip resigned
    director
  8. 2024-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-11-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2024-11-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2023-05-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2023-02-24
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABSS GROUP LTD
  13. 2023-02-24
    GERRARD, Joseph appointed
    director
  14. 2023-02-24
    LANGLEY, Max appointed
    director
  15. 2023-02-24
    CALLISTER, Steven Philip appointed
    director
  16. 2023-02-24
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

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.)

Group structure

Abss Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Abss Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
ABSS GROUP LTD
This company · 14687592

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Abss Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
2550%
board control25-50% shares · board control05/04/2025
Mr Max Langley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/02/2023
Mr Joseph Gerrard
Individual · British · DOB 11/1986 · age 40
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting24/02/2023
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Steven Philip Callisterceased 05/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2023-02-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Seymour Chambers
92 London Road
Liverpool
Merseyside
L3 5NW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

GERRARD, Joseph
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-02-24
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Active
LANGLEY, Max
director · ~50y · appointed 2023-02-24
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Active
CALLISTER, Steven Philip
director · ~45y · appointed 2023-02-24 · resigned 2025-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (14 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-05-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-07
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-11-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-05-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-02-24