ABACUS BUSINESS CONSULTING LIMITED

Company number 04327619 ·

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Executive summary

Abacus Business Consulting is a long-established but financially fragile micro-practice operating at the lower end of the UK accountancy sector. While 2024 shows modest profit improvement (£1,547 retained earnings growth), the near-zero cash position of £731—down 96.8% from 2021 levels—combined with a debt-to-equity ratio exceeding 5:1, presents significant liquidity risk. The practice functions as a lifestyle business with minimal reinvestment, and its competitive position depends almost entirely on the personal relationships of its two directors, with no evident succession planning or capital reserves to buffer against sector disruption from Making Tax Digital, fee compression, and regulatory cost increases.

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Shareholders' funds

£1,162

Balance sheet as at 2025-06-26

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2001-11-23
Employees
2 (2025 accounts)
Registered office
Thistledown, Wendlebury, Bicester, Oxfordshire, OX25 2PE
Postcode
OX25 2PE
Capital
1,000 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full

Accounts

Last made up to
2025-06-26
Next due by
2027-03-26
Financial year end
26 June

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-09-01
Next due by
2026-09-15
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 69201 Accounting and auditing activities

Officers 2 current · 9 resigned

Appointed 2009-11-30
MR John LAWRENCE Director
Appointed 2006-09-01

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Data protection registration

Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7093001 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.

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Previous registered addresses 1

AddressChanged on
1ST FLOOR, 14-18 CITY ROAD, CARDIFF, CF24 3DL2001-12-03

Among its peers

Among the oldest 25%

of 380 similar companies in OX, trading since 2001

Competitors Oxford

This company ranks 214 among accounting and auditing activities in Oxford.

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The class of 2001

49%

of the 802 companies in this sector incorporated in 2001 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.

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