ABERSOCH BOATYARD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01089833 · ltd · incorporated 1973-01-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
110 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees800800

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-05-05
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  3. 2026-05-01
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    BOURNE, Enid Mary resigned
    director
  4. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  5. 2025-04-23
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  6. 2024-02-23
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  7. 2023-02-23
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  8. 2022-04-08
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  9. 2022-04-05
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  10. 2022-04-04
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    BOURNE, Charlotte Ruth appointed
    director
  11. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2020-09-03
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  13. 2019-05-20
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  14. 2018-06-13
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  15. 2017-08-01
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  16. 2016-04-28
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  17. 2015-06-10
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    BOURNE, John Stanley resigned
    director
  18. 2009-02-27
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    BOURNE, Nigel Stanley appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-02-27
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    BOURNE, John Stanley resigned
    secretary
  20. 1973-01-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ABERSOCH BOATYARD LIMITED

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BOURNE, Charlotte Ruth (same surname) appointed 2022-04-04. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nigel Stanley Bourne
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/08/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Enid Mary Bourneceased 01/05/2026· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated1973-01-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

The Saltings
Abersoch
Gwynedd
LL53 7AR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-13
Last: 2026-04-29

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BOURNE, Nigel Stanley→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-27
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Active
BOURNE, Charlotte Ruth→
director · ~51y · appointed 2022-04-04
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Active
BOURNE, Nigel Stanley→
director · ~65y
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Active
BOURNE, John Stanley→
secretary · resigned 2009-02-27
Resigned
BOURNE, Enid Mary→
director · ~89y · resigned 2026-05-01
Resigned
BOURNE, John Stanley→
director · ~96y · resigned 2015-06-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (110 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-05-05
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-06