ABBOTTS DRIVE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14849075 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-05
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 May 2025
Net worth
£602
book net assets
Opportunity
61/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 85600Educational support services
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed education with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 61/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
61/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review 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 £602
Net assets shrinking
Down £274 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£602
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 68% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£562£1k£2k£2k£3kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£5.8k£6.1k
Current assets£2.8k£1.7k
Net assets£602£876

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 officers
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 (9 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-05-14
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-05-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTTS DRIVE LTD
  7. 2023-05-05
    AFUN, Joshua appointed
    director
  8. 2023-05-05
    AGBOOLA, Oluwaseyi appointed
    director
  9. 2023-05-05
    📄
    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

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-23

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joshua Afun
Individual · British · DOB 02/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/05/2023
Mr Oluwaseyi Agboola
Individual · British · DOB 02/1992 · age 34
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/05/2023

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
Incorporated2023-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-23OVERDUE
Last: 2025-05-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

AFUN, Joshua
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-05-05
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AGBOOLA, Oluwaseyi
director · ~34y · appointed 2023-05-05
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Active

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Recent filings (9 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-05