ABBOTTS AMUSEMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00465367 · ltd · incorporated 1949-03-05
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 Feb 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
93 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-01-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-08
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-23
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  10. 2019-11-22
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  11. 2018-09-07
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  12. 2017-09-14
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  13. 2016-10-12
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 1996-09-25
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    THURSTON, Norma Ann appointed
    director
  16. 1996-09-25
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    TURVILL, Tanyia Jane appointed
    director
  17. 1996-09-25
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    ABBOTT, Annie Harriett resigned
    director
  18. 1949-03-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTTS AMUSEMENTS 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 77 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tanyia Jane Turvill
Individual · British · DOB 05/1950 · age 76
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/07/2016
Mrs Norma Ann Thurston
Individual · British · DOB 09/1947 · age 79
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/07/2016

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
Incorporated1949-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12a Daniels Road
Little Irchester
Wellingborough
Northants
NN8 2EQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-09
Last: 2026-06-25

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

THURSTON, Norma Ann→
secretary
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Active
THURSTON, Norma Ann→
director · ~79y · appointed 1996-09-25
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Active
TURVILL, Tanyia Jane→
director · ~76y · appointed 1996-09-25
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Active
ABBOTT, Annie Harriett→
director · ~115y · resigned 1996-09-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-14