ABBEY TRAINING.NET LTD

💤Zombieactive
05636259 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-25
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£-931
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £931
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,312 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
-£931
↓ 344% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£931-£189£554£1k£2k£3kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28
Total assets£-931£381
Current assets£1.7k£2.8k
Cash£1.7k—
Net assets£-931£381

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-11-26
    ➕
    THAVANESSAN, Akhbari Bee appointed
    director
  16. 2014-11-26
    ➖
    THAVANESSAN, Suntharalingham resigned
    director
  17. 2014-11-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2014-11-25
    ➖
    AKHBARI BEE, Thavanessan resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-11-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY TRAINING.NET LTD
  20. 2005-11-25
    ➕
    AKHBARI BEE, Thavanessan appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-11-25
    ➕
    DAVIES, Margaret Michelle appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-11-25
    ➖
    DAVIES, Margaret Michelle resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-11-25
    ➕
    THAVANESSAN, Suntharalingham appointed
    director
  24. 2005-11-25
    ➕
    WATTS, Emma Leighann appointed
    director
  25. 2005-11-25
    ➖
    WATTS, Emma Leighann resigned
    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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • 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
Mrs Akhbari Bee Thavanessan
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/05/2016

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-11-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

01 Burney Avenue
Surbiton
Surrey
KT5 8DF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

THAVANESSAN, Akhbari Bee→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AKHBARI BEE, Thavanessan→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2014-11-25
Resigned
DAVIES, Margaret Michelle→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2005-11-25
Resigned
THAVANESSAN, Suntharalingham→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2014-11-26
Resigned
WATTS, Emma Leighann→
director · ~46y · appointed 2005-11-25 · resigned 2005-11-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-16