ABBEY GAUGE COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00731308 · ltd · incorporated 1962-07-31
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£63.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13300
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46620SIC 46620
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £63,754
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£52k
↓ 7.5% YoY
Net Worth
£64k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£110k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£22k£44k£66k£88k£110kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£64.5k£49.6k
Current assets£110.1k£107.1k
Cash£52.1k£56.4k
Debtors£39.3k£30.3k
Net assets£63.8k£48.9k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-17
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-03
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-03-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-12-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2001-08-01
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    WILLIAMS, Hubert John resigned
    director
  17. 1962-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY GAUGE COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 64 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 Alexander John Williams
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1962-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13300 — SIC 13300

Registered office

139/143 Becontree Avenue
Dagenham
Essex
RM8 2UL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CLARKE, Joyce→
secretary
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Active
WILLIAMS, Alexander John→
director · ~70y
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Active
WILLIAMS, Hubert John→
director · ~100y · resigned 2001-08-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (89 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-22