ABBOTT & CADGER LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16277235 · ltd · incorporated 2025-02-26
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: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

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 (1 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
4 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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-03
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-31
    CADGER, Dylan Jake resigned
    director
  3. 2025-03-19
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-02-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTT & CADGER LIMITED
  5. 2025-02-26
    ABBOTT, Jack Patrick appointed
    director
  6. 2025-02-26
    CADGER, Dylan Jake appointed
    director
  7. 2025-02-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

95/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Young company: Only 1.2 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dylan Jake Cadger
Individual · British · DOB 11/1998 · age 28
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/02/2025
Mr Jack Patrick Abbott
Individual · English · DOB 06/1998 · age 28
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/02/2025

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
Incorporated2025-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

Riverdale House
21a High Street
Wheathampstead
Hertfordshire
AL4 8BB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ABBOTT, Jack Patrick
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-02-26
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Active
CADGER, Dylan Jake
director · ~28y · appointed 2025-02-26 · resigned 2026-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-03-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-02-26