ABORA CARE STAFFORD LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16652450 · ltd · incorporated 2025-08-15
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.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 10 → 11
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1011
Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
68/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 68/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (59/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
11 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
68/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 90 days
8
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • 5 officers
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2026-06-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2026-06-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2026-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-06-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2026-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2026-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2026-06-01
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  9. 2026-03-20
    MOLSOM, Matthew appointed
    secretary
  10. 2026-03-20
    BRATANIS OLSSON, Konstantin Sebastian appointed
    director
  11. 2026-03-20
    CRONSTEDT COLT, Carl Leopold appointed
    director
  12. 2026-03-20
    PROCTOR, Matthew Frederick resigned
    director
  13. 2026-03-20
    STROWBRIDGE, John Michael Barrie resigned
    director
  14. 2025-08-26
    STROWBRIDGE, John Michael Barrie appointed
    director
  15. 2025-08-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2025-08-26
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2025-08-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ABORA CARE STAFFORD LIMITED
  18. 2025-08-15
    PROCTOR, Matthew Frederick appointed
    director
  19. 2025-08-15
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    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 0.9 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 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: PROCTOR, Matthew Frederick resigned 2026-03-20; STROWBRIDGE, John Michael Barrie resigned 2026-03-20

Group structure

Artisan Care Holdco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Artisan Care Holdco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ABORA CARE STAFFORD LIMITED
This company · 16652450

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Artisan Care Holdco Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/03/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Xanadu Care Developments Limitedceased 20/03/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2025-08-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

3 Cygnet Drive
Swan Valley
Northampton
NN4 9BS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-28
Last:

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MOLSOM, Matthew
secretary · appointed 2026-03-20
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Active
BRATANIS OLSSON, Konstantin Sebastian
director · ~36y · appointed 2026-03-20
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Active
CRONSTEDT COLT, Carl Leopold
director · ~37y · appointed 2026-03-20
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Active
PROCTOR, Matthew Frederick
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-08-15 · resigned 2026-03-20
Resigned
STROWBRIDGE, John Michael Barrie
director · ~59y · appointed 2025-08-26 · resigned 2026-03-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (11 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-06-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-06-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-01
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-06-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-26
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-26
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-15