ABLY DIGITAL LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
SC588393 · ltd · incorporated 2018-02-12
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
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Turnover
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities of employment placement agencies
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 69/100 (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: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
17 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
55
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-10
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2022-06-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2018-02-12
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABLY DIGITAL LIMITED
  11. 2018-02-12
    BAIRD, Ami appointed
    director
  12. 2018-02-12
    LOMBARDI, Mark Joseph appointed
    director
  13. 2018-02-12
    SHEMA, Nadim appointed
    director
  14. 2018-02-12
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

1 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-25

Group structure

Ably Resources Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Ably Resources Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ABLY DIGITAL LIMITED
This company · SC588393

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
Ably Resources Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control12/02/2018

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
Incorporated2018-02-12
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC78109 — Other activities of employment placement agencies

Registered office

3rd Floor 16 Gordon Street
Glasgow
G1 3PT
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-25OVERDUE
Last: 2025-02-11

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BAIRD, Ami
director · ~47y · appointed 2018-02-12
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Active
LOMBARDI, Mark Joseph
director · ~66y · appointed 2018-02-12
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Active
SHEMA, Nadim
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-02-12
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Active

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Recent filings (17 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-20
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-03-26