ABABIL EXPORT IMPORT AGENT LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15337148 · ltd · incorporated 2023-12-08
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£17.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46520
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
  • 47890SIC 47890
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed wholesale with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (71/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
8 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth 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
55
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 £17,916

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£18k
Current Assets
£16k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£17.9k
Current assets£16.3k
Net assets£17.9k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2024-04-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-04-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-04-01
    PATWARY, Mahedi Al Masud appointed
    director
  6. 2023-12-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABABIL EXPORT IMPORT AGENT LTD
  7. 2023-12-08
    HASAN, Mohammad Mahbub appointed
    director
  8. 2023-12-08
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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: 2026-05-10

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mohammad Mahbub Hasan
Individual · Bangladeshi · DOB 01/1975 · age 51
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control08/12/2023

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
Incorporated2023-12-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

128 Dersingham Avenue
London
E12 5QG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-10OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HASAN, Mohammad Mahbub
director · ~51y · appointed 2023-12-08
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PATWARY, Mahedi Al Masud
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-04-01
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Active

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Recent filings (8 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-12-08