ABBEY GROUP PENSION FUND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01219794 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1975-07-18

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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Turnover

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), 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 (60/100)

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

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

16 officers (6 active, 16 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

32 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

135 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2025-09-11
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accounts · AA
2024-10-16
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accounts · AA
2024-01-16
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COLLISON, Jordan Lee appointed
director
2024-01-16
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GALLAGHER, Conor Charles appointed
director
2024-01-16
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officers · AP01
2024-01-16
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officers · AP01
2023-08-30
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accounts · AA
2023-04-24
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FRAQUELLI, Lorenzo Giuseppe resigned
director
2023-04-24
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officers · TM01
2023-04-20
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KENNEDY, Robert Neil resigned
director
2023-04-20
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officers · TM01
2022-09-27
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accounts · AA
2021-11-16
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CRITCHELL, Stuart David appointed
director
2021-11-16
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MORTIMER, Ian Arthur resigned
director
2021-11-16
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officers · AP01
2021-11-16
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-12
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accounts · AA
2021-07-13
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officers · CH01
2020-10-29
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MCCULLOCH, Nicholas James appointed
director
2020-10-29
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officers · AP01
2020-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-22
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accounts · AA
2018-04-17
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HAWKINS, Brian Raymond resigned
director
2018-04-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2015-10-19
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FRAQUELLI, Lorenzo Giuseppe appointed
director
2015-08-20
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HURST, Steven Edward resigned
director
2007-03-27
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HURST, Steven Edward appointed
director
2007-03-27
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JACKSON, Dennis Arthur resigned
director
2007-03-27
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MORTIMER, Ian Arthur appointed
director
2001-10-29
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HAWKINS, Brian Raymond appointed
director
2001-10-29
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KENNEDY, Robert Neil appointed
director
1996-10-18
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DAWSON, David John appointed
secretary
1996-10-18
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MAHER, Daniel Andrew resigned
secretary
1995-04-30
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MASON, George Verrinder resigned
director
1993-05-15
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GALLAGHER, Charles resigned
director
1993-02-22
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GALLAGHER, Charles Hubert appointed
director
1992-04-30
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BROSNAN, Patrick resigned
director
1975-07-18
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY GROUP PENSION FUND LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 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

30/100

Weak signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — GALLAGHER, Conor Charles (same surname) appointed 2024-01-16. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Abbey Group Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Abbey Group Limited

Corporate parent

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ABBEY GROUP PENSION FUND LIMITED

This company · 01219794

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Abbey Group Limited Corporate entity	—	—	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1975-07-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

Abbey House

2 Southgate Road

Potters Bar

Hertfordshire

EN6 5DU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-12

Last: 2026-03-29