TABASS LTD.

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SC222547 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-28
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£87.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
66 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £87,839
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£88k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£30k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£35k£53k£70k£88kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£87.8k£77.0k
Current assets£29.9k£22.9k
Cash£4.1k£10.9k
Debtors£25.8k£12.0k
Net assets£87.8k£77.0k

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-04-03
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    NWEBONYI, Francis Nwebonyi, Dr appointed
    director
  5. 2024-03-15
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    TAYLOR, Paul Alexander resigned
    director
  6. 2024-03-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-04-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  12. 2022-01-16
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    ROBERTSON, John resigned
    secretary
  13. 2021-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-09-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-08-01
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    TAYLOR, Paul Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2018-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2006-07-06
    ➖
    KELBIE, Margaret Anne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2006-07-06
    ➖
    KELBIE, Margaret Anne resigned
    director
  23. 2006-07-05
    ➕
    ROBERTSON, John appointed
    secretary
  24. 2002-04-01
    ➕
    KELBIE, Margaret Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2001-09-02
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Stephen Michael appointed
    director
  26. 2001-09-02
    ➕
    KELBIE, Margaret Anne appointed
    secretary
  27. 2001-08-31
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-08-31
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2001-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As TABASS LTD.
  30. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2001-08-28
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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 Stephen Michael Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-28
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

17 Viewfield Gardens
Aberdeen
Aberdeenshire
AB15 7XN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-11
Last: 2025-08-28

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

NWEBONYI, Francis Nwebonyi, Dr→
director · ~40y · appointed 2024-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Stephen Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KELBIE, Margaret Anne→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-02 · resigned 2006-07-06
Resigned
ROBERTSON, John→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-05 · resigned 2022-01-16
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2001-08-31
Resigned
KELBIE, Margaret Anne→
director · ~72y · appointed 2002-04-01 · resigned 2006-07-06
Resigned
TAYLOR, Paul Alexander→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-08-01 · resigned 2024-03-15
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-28 · resigned 2001-08-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-02