ABBEY STATIONERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01098857 · ltd · incorporated 1973-02-27
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 4.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46650
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46660SIC 46660
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 4.8y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~4.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 2 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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
103 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-10-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2021-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-08-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2020-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-11-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2017-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2015-05-01➕BURROUGHES, Colin Andrew appointeddirector
- 2015-05-01➕COLLIE, Andrew Edward appointeddirector
- 2015-05-01➖HORSLEY, Nicola resignedsecretary
- 2015-05-01➖HORSLEY, John resigneddirector
- 2002-08-12➕HORSLEY, Nicola appointedsecretary
- 2002-08-12➖HORSLEY, Ruth resignedsecretary
- 2002-08-12➖HORSLEY, Ruth resigneddirector
- 1996-10-15➕HORSLEY, John appointeddirector
- 1996-10-15➖HORSLEY, Stanley Nelson resigneddirector
- 1973-02-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY STATIONERS LIMITED
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- 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.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Edward Collie Individual · British · DOB 06/1972 · age 54 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Colin Andrew Burroughes Individual · British · DOB 01/1974 · age 52 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46650 — SIC 46650
Registered office
28 Peartree Farm
Peartree Lane
Welwyn Garden City
Hertfordshire
AL7 3UW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last: 2025-06-25
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
BURROUGHES, Colin Andrew→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2015-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COLLIE, Andrew Edward→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2015-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HORSLEY, Nicola→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2002-08-12 · resigned 2015-05-01
HORSLEY, Ruth→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2002-08-12
HORSLEY, John→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 1996-10-15 · resigned 2015-05-01
HORSLEY, Ruth→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 2002-08-12
HORSLEY, Stanley Nelson→
Resigneddirector · ~95y · resigned 1996-10-15
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/10/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 06/08/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (103 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-07-23