B-ABLE BUSINESS SERVICES LTD

🌱Startupactive
SC858564 · ltd · incorporated 2025-08-11
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
66/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 69202Bookkeeping activities
  • 69203Tax consultancy
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 66/100 (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: medium (60/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
66/100Strong
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
74
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
8
filings
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-03-05
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-11-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-10-31
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-10-31
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-10-31
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-10-06
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2025-10-03
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2025-09-11
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2025-08-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As B-ABLE BUSINESS SERVICES LTD
  11. 2025-08-11
    AJALA, Benjamin appointed
    director
  12. 2025-08-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 0.7 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

1 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-10-31: certificate-change-of-name-company

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Ajala
Individual · British · DOB 08/1990 · age 36
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/03/2026
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Starbridge Group (Holdings) Limitedceased 05/03/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Benjamin Ajalaceased 03/10/2025· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Professional services · G postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
BARNETT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING LTD
SC875758 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
BASICS AND BEYOND LIMITED
SC522457 · est 2015 · no financials extracted
10y
BAXTER ACCOUNTING & TAX SERVICES LIMITED
SC444781 · est 2013 · no financials extracted
13y
BCA ENGINEERING LTD
SC848128 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BEATTIE ENERGY COMPLIANCE LTD
SC821113 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BELLWETHER GREEN LIMITED
SC345113 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
17y
BENARTY ENGINEERING LTD
SC724407 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
BENJAMIN & ISAAC TAX CONSULTANTS LTD
SC743340 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
3y
BERNER GREY LIMITED
SC852566 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
BETR CONSULTANCY LIMITED
SC808133 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
BETTER LEGAL LTD
SC648647 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
6y
BEVANNWALT5856 LTD
SC602624 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-08-11
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

11 Alexander Street
Clydebank
Glasgow
G81 1SQ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

AJALA, Benjamin
director · ~36y · appointed 2025-08-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (13 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-10-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-10-03
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-09-11
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-08-11