ABIICA LLP

💤Zombieactive
OC303079 · llp · incorporated 2002-09-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 14.6y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 8 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (49 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-19
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  3. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  5. 2024-10-04
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  6. 2024-10-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  7. 2023-12-29
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    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  8. 2023-12-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-14
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  10. 2022-12-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-10-28
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  12. 2022-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-10-28
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  14. 2021-09-06
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR04
  15. 2021-09-06
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR04
  16. 2021-09-06
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  17. 2021-09-06
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2020-12-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-10-27
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  20. 2020-09-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · LLAD01
  21. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-10-21
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  23. 2019-03-26
    ➖
    IBEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  24. 2019-03-26
    📄
    change-person-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-change-date
    officers · LLCH01
  25. 2019-03-26
    📄
    termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
    officers · LLTM01
  26. 2018-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  27. 2018-10-14
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  28. 2018-06-04
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date-limited-liability-partnership
    mortgage · LLMR01
  29. 2018-05-25
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  30. 2017-03-31
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Ian Bradley appointed
    llp-designated-member
  31. 2017-02-04
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Elizabeth Carole resigned
    llp-member
  32. 2016-05-23
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Elizabeth Carole Robertson
  33. 2016-05-23
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Elizabeth Carole Robertson
  34. 2016-05-23
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Elizabeth Carole Robertson
  35. 2015-11-30
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    ROBERTSON, Ian Bradley resigned
    llp-designated-member
  36. 2015-07-06
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  37. 2012-11-01
    ➕
    IBEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  38. 2011-09-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  39. 2011-02-28
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Emma Louise appointed
    llp-member
  40. 2009-03-10
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Elizabeth Carole appointed
    llp-member
  41. 2008-08-15
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, James Ian appointed
    llp-designated-member
  42. 2008-03-25
    ➖
    SPENCER, Laurence resigned
    llp-designated-member
  43. 2007-04-30
    ➕
    SPENCER, Laurence appointed
    llp-designated-member
  44. 2007-03-25
    ➖
    BARBER, Alison resigned
    llp-designated-member
  45. 2007-03-25
    ➖
    ROBERTSON, Elizabeth Carole resigned
    llp-designated-member
  46. 2002-09-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABIICA LLP
  47. 2002-09-30
    ➕
    BARBER, Alison appointed
    llp-designated-member
  48. 2002-09-30
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Elizabeth Carole appointed
    llp-designated-member
  49. 2002-09-30
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, Ian Bradley appointed
    llp-designated-member

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Ian Robertson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence08/10/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2002-09-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—

Registered office

23 Cottingham Way
Thrapston
Northants
NN14 4PL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

ROBERTSON, Ian Bradley→
llp-designated-member · ~78y · appointed 2017-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, James Ian→
llp-designated-member · ~53y · appointed 2008-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROBERTSON, Emma Louise→
llp-member · ~51y · appointed 2011-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARBER, Alison→
llp-designated-member · ~65y · appointed 2002-09-30 · resigned 2007-03-25
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Elizabeth Carole→
llp-designated-member · ~76y · appointed 2002-09-30 · resigned 2007-03-25
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Ian Bradley→
llp-designated-member · ~78y · appointed 2002-09-30 · resigned 2015-11-30
Resigned
SPENCER, Laurence→
llp-designated-member · ~73y · appointed 2007-04-30 · resigned 2008-03-25
Resigned
IBEC LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2012-11-01 · resigned 2019-03-26
Resigned
ROBERTSON, Elizabeth Carole→
llp-member · ~76y · appointed 2009-03-10 · resigned 2017-02-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

6
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property25/05/2018—
outstanding
Elizabeth Carole Robertson / Ian Bradley Robertson
A registered charge1 property23/05/2016—
outstanding
Elizabeth Carole Robertson / Ian Bradley Robertson
A registered charge1 property23/05/2016—
outstanding
Elizabeth Carole Robertson / Ian Bradley Robertson
A registered charge1 property23/05/2016—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property06/07/201506/09/2021
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property26/09/201106/09/2021
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Recent filings (89 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · LLAD01
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-10-04
change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · LLAD01
2024-10-03
change-registered-office-address-limited-liability-partnership-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · LLAD01
2023-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-10-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR04
2021-09-06
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full-limited-liability-partnership
mortgage · LLMR04
2021-09-06