ABINGTON LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16466296 · ltd · incorporated 2025-05-21
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
66/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Licenced restaurants
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 66/100 (strong), bankability 55/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-07-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-07-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-05-21
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABINGTON LIMITED
  5. 2025-05-21
    MIAH, Boshir appointed
    director
  6. 2025-05-21
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

88/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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: 2026-06-03

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Boshir Miah
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting21/05/2025

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
Incorporated2025-05-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56101 — Licenced restaurants

Registered office

59 Union Street
Dunstable
LU6 1EX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-21
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-03OVERDUE
Last:

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

MIAH, Boshir
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-05-21
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Recent filings (4 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-05-21