ABBEYDALE PROPERTIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00935878 · ltd · incorporated 1968-07-23
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
103 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2023-12-06
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  4. 2022-12-08
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  5. 2021-12-16
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-30
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-05-30
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  9. 2019-12-11
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  10. 2018-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-12-13
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-06
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  14. 2015-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-01-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2010-01-10
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    SIMPSON, David Michael Bannister resigned
    secretary
  17. 2010-01-10
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    SIMPSON, John Peter Bannister resigned
    secretary
  18. 1998-03-31
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    SIMPSON, David Michael Bannister appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-03-31
    ➕
    SIMPSON, John Peter Bannister appointed
    secretary
  20. 1998-03-31
    ➖
    SIMPSON, John David resigned
    secretary
  21. 1998-03-31
    ➖
    SIMPSON, Gillian Anne resigned
    director
  22. 1998-03-31
    ➖
    SIMPSON, John David resigned
    director
  23. 1997-01-16
    ➕
    SIMPSON, David Michael Bannister appointed
    director
  24. 1997-01-16
    ➕
    SIMPSON, John Peter Bannister appointed
    director
  25. 1968-07-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYDALE PROPERTIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 58 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
Mr John Peter Bannister Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr David Michael Bannister Simpson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1968-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Club Chambers
Museum Street
York
YO1 7DN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SIMPSON, David Michael Bannister→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPSON, John Peter Bannister→
director · ~63y · appointed 1997-01-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMPSON, David Michael Bannister→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 2010-01-10
Resigned
SIMPSON, John Peter Bannister→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 2010-01-10
Resigned
SIMPSON, John David→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
SIMPSON, Gillian Anne→
director · ~92y · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
SIMPSON, John David→
director · ~98y · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (103 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-06