ALBERT E. WEBB & SONS (LONG MELFORD) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01296842 · ltd · incorporated 1977-02-03
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 46.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74990Non-trading company
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 46.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 46.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
95 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-04-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-22
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2011-04-30
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    CLEMENTS, Elizabeth Mary appointed
    director
  17. 2011-04-30
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    WEBB, Simon Richard appointed
    director
  18. 2010-10-15
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    WEBB, Simon Richard appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-10-15
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    WEBB, Edward Albert resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-10-15
    ➖
    WEBB, Edward Albert resigned
    director
  21. 2010-10-15
    ➖
    WEBB, Linda Diane resigned
    director
  22. 2005-01-17
    ➖
    WEBB, Richard Arthur resigned
    director
  23. 1979-09-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank LTD
  24. 1977-02-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBERT E. WEBB & SONS (LONG MELFORD) 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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WEBB" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1977-02-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45111 — Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

Acton Place
Acton Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 6JE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

WEBB, Simon Richard→
secretary · appointed 2010-10-15
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Active
CLEMENTS, Elizabeth Mary→
director · ~58y · appointed 2011-04-30
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Active
WEBB, Marion Valerie→
director · ~79y
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Active
WEBB, Simon Richard→
director · ~60y · appointed 2011-04-30
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Active
WEBB, Edward Albert→
secretary · resigned 2010-10-15
Resigned
WEBB, Edward Albert→
director · ~79y · resigned 2010-10-15
Resigned
WEBB, Linda Diane→
director · ~79y · resigned 2010-10-15
Resigned
WEBB, Richard Arthur→
director · ~84y · resigned 2005-01-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank LTD
Legal charge1 property04/09/1979—
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Recent filings (95 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-23