AB8 DESIGNS LTD

🌱Startupactive
16141378 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (55/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
3 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2024-12-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AB8 DESIGNS LTD
  3. 2024-12-17
    PARMAR, Sunit appointed
    secretary
  4. 2024-12-17
    PARMAR, Sunit appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-17
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sunit Parmar
Individual · British · DOB 11/1978 · age 48
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control17/12/2024

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
Incorporated2024-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13300 — SIC 13300

Registered office

Alan House
Saffron Road
Wigston
LE18 4UP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-17
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

PARMAR, Sunit
secretary · appointed 2024-12-17
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Active
PARMAR, Sunit
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-12-17
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Active

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Recent filings (3 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-17