ABBEY CORINTHIAN GAMES COMPANY LTD.

🌳Matureactive
00627579 · ltd · incorporated 1959-05-06
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 65.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£2.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32409
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · oldest 65.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 65.0 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: 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
99 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,500

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£3k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£500£1k£2k£2k£3kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£2.5k£2.5k
Current assets£2.5k£2.5k
Net assets£2.5k£2.5k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-07-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2015-07-01
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    MORTIMER GRAY, Lauren Karina appointed
    director
  16. 2014-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-10-28
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    GRAY, Peter Mortimer appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-10-28
    ➕
    GRAY, Susan Karina appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-12
    ➖
    GRAY, Leonard Alfred resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-10-12
    ➖
    GRAY, Leonard Alfred resigned
    director
  21. 2003-10-03
    ➖
    GRAY, Dorothy Edith Louise resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-10-03
    ➕
    GRAY, Leonard Alfred appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-10-03
    ➖
    GRAY, Dorothy Edith Louise resigned
    director
  24. 1961-05-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank LTD
  25. 1961-05-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank LTD
  26. 1959-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY CORINTHIAN GAMES COMPANY LTD.

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 67 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Mortimer Gray
Individual · English · DOB 06/1944 · age 82
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1959-05-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32409 — SIC 32409

Registered office

1 Smiths Lane
Fakenham
NR21 8LQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

GRAY, Peter Mortimer→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-28
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Active
GRAY, Peter Mortimer→
director · ~82y
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Active
GRAY, Susan Karina→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-10-28
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Active
MORTIMER GRAY, Lauren Karina→
director · ~45y · appointed 2015-07-01
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Active
GRAY, Dorothy Edith Louise→
secretary · resigned 2003-10-03
Resigned
GRAY, Leonard Alfred→
secretary · appointed 2003-10-03 · resigned 2005-10-12
Resigned
GRAY, Dorothy Edith Louise→
director · ~115y · resigned 2003-10-03
Resigned
GRAY, Leonard Alfred→
director · ~115y · resigned 2005-10-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank LTD
Charge1 property15/05/1961—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank LTD
Legal charge1 property15/05/1961—
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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-18