A.BOYALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00518726 · ltd · incorporated 1953-04-17
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300300

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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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-09-20
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  5. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  6. 2020-09-30
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  7. 2019-09-30
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  8. 2018-09-18
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  9. 2018-03-21
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  10. 2017-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-09-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-10-28
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2008-05-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Abbey National PLC
  17. 2005-12-16
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    NEWTON, Joanna appointed
    director
  18. 2005-10-27
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    SIBLEY, Kevin resigned
    director
  19. 2003-07-01
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    SIBLEY, Kevin appointed
    director
  20. 2001-06-05
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    NEWTON, Nicholas Martin resigned
    director
  21. 1998-01-20
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    NEWTON, Warwick John resigned
    director
  22. 1993-09-06
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    NEWTON, Mark Kimber appointed
    secretary
  23. 1993-09-06
    ➕
    NEWTON, Mark Kimber appointed
    director
  24. 1993-09-06
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    NEWTON, Graham Frank resigned
    secretary
  25. 1993-09-06
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    NEWTON, Graham Frank resigned
    director
  26. 1993-09-06
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    NEWTON, Warwick John appointed
    director
  27. 1953-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As A.BOYALL LIMITED

Owner dependency

84/100
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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 73 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
Mr Mark Kimber Newton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated1953-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

180 Kingston Road
Leatherhead
Surrey
KT22 7PZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

NEWTON, Mark Kimber→
secretary · appointed 1993-09-06
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Active
NEWTON, Joanna→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-12-16
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Active
NEWTON, Mark Kimber→
director · ~58y · appointed 1993-09-06
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Active
NEWTON, Graham Frank→
secretary · resigned 1993-09-06
Resigned
NEWTON, Graham Frank→
director · ~76y · resigned 1993-09-06
Resigned
NEWTON, Nicholas Martin→
director · ~82y · resigned 2001-06-05
Resigned
NEWTON, Warwick John→
director · ~59y · appointed 1993-09-06 · resigned 1998-01-20
Resigned
SIBLEY, Kevin→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2005-10-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Santander
Abbey National PLC
Legal and general charge1 property15/05/2008—
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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-05