ABBOTTS COURT INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00171076 · ltd · incorporated 1920-10-28
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security dealing on own account
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 7 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
110 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
Last 180 days
10
filings
  • • 6 officers
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
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  15. 2023-10-24
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  16. 2022-09-12
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  18. 2020-09-22
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  19. 2014-11-03
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    GRIFFITHS LLOYD, Frederick John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2014-11-03
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    LLOYD, Richard resigned
    secretary
  21. 2013-08-02
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    LLOYD, Frederick Robert Griffiths resigned
    director
  22. 2011-04-17
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    LLOYD, Frederick John Griffiths appointed
    director
  23. 2011-04-17
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    LLOYD, Richard Samuel Griffiths appointed
    director
  24. 2011-04-17
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    LLOYD, Frederick John Griffiths appointed
    director
  25. 2011-04-17
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    LLOYD, Frederick John Griffiths resigned
    director
  26. 2011-04-17
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    LLOYD, Richard Samuel Griffiths appointed
    director
  27. 2011-04-17
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    LLOYD, Richard Samuel Griffiths resigned
    director
  28. 2011-04-14
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    CHILDS, Alan Stephen resigned
    secretary
  29. 2011-04-14
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    LLOYD, Richard appointed
    secretary
  30. 1992-10-16
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    CHILDS, Alan Stephen appointed
    secretary
  31. 1992-10-16
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    LING, Leonard Henry James resigned
    secretary
  32. 1992-10-16
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    LING, Leonard Henry James resigned
    director
  33. 1992-10-16
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    LLOYD, Frederick Robert Griffiths appointed
    director
  34. 1920-10-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTTS COURT INVESTMENTS LIMITED

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 106 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.)

Group structure

Aldershot Trust Estates Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Aldershot Trust Estates Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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ABBOTTS COURT INVESTMENTS LIMITED
This company · 00171076

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Aldershot Trust Estates Limited
Corporate entity
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Eric Samuel Griffiths Lloyd
Individual · British · DOB 03/1939 · age 87
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1920-10-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64991 — Security dealing on own account

Registered office

2 Castle Business Village
Station Road
Hampton
Middlesex
TW12 2BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

GRIFFITHS LLOYD, Frederick John→
secretary · appointed 2014-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LLOYD, Eric Samuel Griffiths→
director · ~87y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LLOYD, Frederick John Griffiths→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LLOYD, Richard Samuel Griffiths→
director · ~52y · appointed 2011-04-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHILDS, Alan Stephen→
secretary · appointed 1992-10-16 · resigned 2011-04-14
Resigned
LING, Leonard Henry James→
secretary · resigned 1992-10-16
Resigned
LLOYD, Richard→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-14 · resigned 2014-11-03
Resigned
LING, Leonard Henry James→
director · ~104y · resigned 1992-10-16
Resigned
LLOYD, Frederick John Griffiths→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-04-17 · resigned 2011-04-17
Resigned
LLOYD, Frederick Robert Griffiths→
director · ~94y · appointed 1992-10-16 · resigned 2013-08-02
Resigned
LLOYD, Richard Samuel Griffiths→
director · ~52y · appointed 2011-04-17 · resigned 2011-04-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (110 total)

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