A. & B. PRIEST LIMITED

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01104331 · ltd · incorporated 1973-03-27
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.32M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
111 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,315,062
Cash draining
Cash down 47% YoY
Cash YoY
-47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£174k
↓ 47% YoY
Net Worth
£1.3m
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£178k
↓ 46% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£263k£526k£789k£1.1m£1.3mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£1.36M£1.32M
Current assets£178.4k£333.0k
Cash£173.8k£329.0k
Debtors£4.6k£4.0k
Net assets£1.32M£1.28M

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.

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Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-08
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  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-11-28
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  7. 2023-10-10
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  8. 2022-08-18
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  9. 2021-09-08
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  10. 2020-09-04
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  11. 2019-10-11
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  12. 2018-09-10
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  13. 2017-10-13
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  14. 2016-11-21
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  15. 2016-11-21
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  16. 2013-01-03
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    PRIEST, Trevor Alan resigned
    director
  17. 1996-07-03
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    THOMPSON, Carol Annette appointed
    secretary
  18. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Carol Annette appointed
    director
  19. 1996-07-03
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    PRIEST, Brenda May resigned
    secretary
  20. 1996-07-03
    ➕
    PRIEST, Trevor Alan appointed
    director
  21. 1996-07-02
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    PRIEST, Alan Leslie resigned
    director
  22. 1973-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As A. & B. PRIEST LIMITED

Owner dependency

98/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PRIEST" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Brenda May Priest
Individual · British · DOB 05/1935 · age 91
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Carol Annette Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated1973-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

3 Castlegate
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG31 6SF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

THOMPSON, Carol Annette→
secretary · appointed 1996-07-03
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Active
PRIEST, Brenda May→
director · ~91y
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Active
THOMPSON, Carol Annette→
director · ~58y · appointed 1996-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRIEST, Brenda May→
secretary · resigned 1996-07-03
Resigned
PRIEST, Alan Leslie→
director · ~95y · resigned 1996-07-02
Resigned
PRIEST, Trevor Alan→
director · ~60y · appointed 1996-07-03 · resigned 2013-01-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (111 total)

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2025-11-27
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2025-09-08
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2024-11-21
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2024-09-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-28
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
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accounts · AA
2022-08-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08