ABBEYGATE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01175835 · ltd · incorporated 1974-07-01
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 48.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1.76M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
7 live charges · oldest 48.9y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 48.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
118 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,758,295
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£189k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Net Worth
£1.8m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£195k
↓ 1.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.94M | £1.92M |
| Current assets | £195.1k | £197.1k |
| Cash | £189.5k | £197.1k |
| Debtors | £5.6k | — |
| Net assets | £1.76M | £1.75M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-10-28📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-10-28🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2023-10-28🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-10-27📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-10-27🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2023-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-01-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-12-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-12-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2014-03-06🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2014-03-06🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 1999-04-06➕GEORGIOU, Victoria appointeddirector
- 1997-10-23🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 1997-10-23🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 1989-06-23🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1987-06-09🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1987-04-22🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1985-08-15🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1984-09-03🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1981-12-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1977-06-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1974-07-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEYGATE ENTERPRISES LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 52 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Victoria Georgiou Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Nicolas Georgiou Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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
Incorporated1974-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
Eldo House Kempson Way
Suffolk Business Park
Bury St Edmunds
Suffolk
IP32 7AR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
Active
GEORGIOU, Victoria→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 1999-04-06
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Mortgages & charges
7
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 23/06/1989 | 06/03/2014 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Corporate mortgage | 1 property | 09/06/1987 | 23/10/1997 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee & debenture | 1 property | 22/04/1987 | 23/10/1997 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 15/08/1985 | 06/03/2014 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 03/09/1984 | 27/10/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/12/1981 | 28/10/2023 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 13/06/1977 | 28/10/2023 |
Recent filings (118 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-28
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-03