ADVANCED BIOLOGICS RESEARCH LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15075845 · ltd · incorporated 2023-08-16
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£23.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
64/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Research and experimental development on biotechnology
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed professional-services with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 64/100 (worth a look), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: No active directors on record. Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (0 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
64/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 £23,904

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£24k
Current Assets
£7k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Total assets£23.9k
Current assets£7.3k
Net assets£23.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-03-01
    HADFIELD, Janet Muriel resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-08-06
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-10-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-16
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED BIOLOGICS RESEARCH LTD
  7. 2023-08-16
    HADFIELD, Janet Muriel appointed
    director
  8. 2023-08-16
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • +Young company: Only 2.8 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

Red flags

1 high ·
No active directors on record
high

Company is active but has no current directors in the register. This is unusual and should be investigated.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Janet Muriel Hadfield
Individual · British · DOB 10/1959 · age 67
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/08/2023

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
Incorporated2023-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC72110 — Research and experimental development on biotechnology

Registered office

6 Bishopstoke Manor Church Road
Bishopstoke
Eastleigh
SO50 6QD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (0 active · 1 resigned)

HADFIELD, Janet Muriel
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-08-16 · resigned 2026-03-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-08-16