ABBEYFIELD WREXHAM SOCIETY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00800583 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1964-04-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 42.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£731.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). 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: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 42.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 42.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
42 officers (5 active, 42 linked, 36 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
174 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £731,695

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£732k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£685k
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£146k£293k£439k£585k£732kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£731.7k£654.9k
Current assets£684.5k£601.7k
Net assets£731.7k£654.9k

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
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 officers
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (85 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-01
    LESBIREL, Dorothy resigned
    director
  3. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-11-01
    STUBBS, Elizabeth Pearl appointed
    director
  7. 2023-12-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2023-01-01
    INGMAN, Joanne appointed
    director
  10. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2022-12-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2022-12-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2022-12-01
    PRINCE, Kathleen appointed
    director
  15. 2022-12-01
    JONES, Haulwen, Mrs. resigned
    director
  16. 2022-12-01
    LESBIREL, Dorothy appointed
    director
  17. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-01-27
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  20. 2021-01-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  21. 2021-01-01
    DUMBLETON, Helen Clare resigned
    secretary
  22. 2021-01-01
    JONES, June resigned
    director
  23. 2020-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-09-27
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  25. 2019-09-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  26. 2019-09-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  27. 2019-09-23
    CORNES, Barrie resigned
    secretary
  28. 2019-09-23
    DUMBLETON, Helen Clare appointed
    secretary
  29. 2019-09-23
    D'ROSARIO, Leonard, Mr. resigned
    director
  30. 2019-09-23
    NICHOLSON, Colin Richard resigned
    director
  31. 2017-04-26
    GILBERT, Joan resigned
    director
  32. 2015-11-11
    DAVIES, Ann Wendy, Mrs. appointed
    director
  33. 2015-11-11
    D'ROSARIO, Leonard, Mr. appointed
    director
  34. 2014-02-19
    BAMPTON, Maureen, Mrs. resigned
    director
  35. 2014-02-19
    GRIFFITHS, Leonard, Mr. resigned
    director
  36. 2013-03-20
    COATES, Joan resigned
    director
  37. 2013-03-20
    WILLIAMS, Kathleen Elizabeth resigned
    director
  38. 2011-03-23
    BAMPTON, Maureen, Mrs. appointed
    director
  39. 2011-03-23
    NICHOLSON, Colin Richard appointed
    director
  40. 2009-03-18
    GRIFFITHS, Leonard, Mr. appointed
    director
  41. 2009-03-18
    HUGHES, Norah resigned
    director
  42. 2009-03-18
    JONES, Haulwen, Mrs. appointed
    director
  43. 2009-03-18
    MOORE, Christine, Dr resigned
    director
  44. 2007-02-01
    CORNES, Barrie appointed
    secretary
  45. 2007-01-31
    DROSARIO, Leonard Owen resigned
    secretary
  46. 2006-04-19
    COATES, Joan appointed
    director
  47. 2005-08-23
    PRICE, Brian resigned
    director
  48. 2004-11-17
    JONES, June appointed
    director
  49. 2004-10-17
    DARLINGTON, Michael Goodman resigned
    director
  50. 2002-07-10
    SMITH, Graham appointed
    director
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Owner dependency

65/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated1964-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Abbeyfield
12 Box Lane
Wrexham
Clwyd
LL12 8BU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (5 active · 37 resigned)

DAVIES, Ann Wendy, Mrs.
director · ~90y · appointed 2015-11-11
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Active
INGMAN, Joanne
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-01-01
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Active
PRINCE, Kathleen
director · ~89y · appointed 2022-12-01
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Active
SMITH, Graham
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-07-10
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Active
STUBBS, Elizabeth Pearl
director · ~90y · appointed 2024-11-01
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Active
CORNES, Barrie
secretary · appointed 2007-02-01 · resigned 2019-09-23
Resigned
DROSARIO, Leonard Owen
secretary · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
DUMBLETON, Helen Clare
secretary · appointed 2019-09-23 · resigned 2021-01-01
Resigned
GILBERT, Joan
secretary · appointed 1993-01-20 · resigned 1995-01-25
Resigned
HUGHES, David Thomas, Revd Dr
secretary · appointed 1992-01-22 · resigned 1992-10-01
Resigned
KNAGGS, Sydney James
secretary · resigned 1992-01-22
Resigned
BAMPTON, Maureen, Mrs.
director · ~84y · appointed 2011-03-23 · resigned 2014-02-19
Resigned
BELTON, Jean Mary
director · ~99y · appointed 1992-01-22 · resigned 1999-01-04
Resigned
CARTER, Hazel Ann
director · ~91y · appointed 1997-01-29 · resigned 1999-12-08
Resigned
COATES, Joan
director · ~91y · appointed 2006-04-19 · resigned 2013-03-20
Resigned
CORNES, Barrie
director · ~93y · appointed 1996-01-24 · resigned 1996-07-17
Resigned
D'ROSARIO, Leonard, Mr.
director · ~95y · appointed 2015-11-11 · resigned 2019-09-23
Resigned
DARLINGTON, Michael Goodman
director · ~98y · appointed 1993-01-20 · resigned 2004-10-17
Resigned
DOLBEN, Gwen Northey
director · ~100y · resigned 1999-02-15
Resigned
DROSARIO, Leonard Owen
director · ~95y · appointed 1995-01-25 · resigned 1996-07-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
The Housing Corporation
Agreement legal charge1 property16/08/1983
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Recent filings (174 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-12-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-04