ABRACLEAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01404968 · ltd · incorporated 1978-12-12

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 36.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

72/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 28960

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46140SIC 46140

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 36.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 36.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (6 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

149 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

72/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	21	2600

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (53 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-18
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-27
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-16
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RONAYNE, Emma Louise appointed
director
2026-02-12
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TWIBELL, Claire resigned
director
2026-02-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-10-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-02-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-02-02
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PIERCE, Christopher Alden appointed
director
2024-02-02
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WIELAND, Sean appointed
director
2023-12-30
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-22
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PHILLIPS, John Terence resigned
director
2023-12-11
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TWIBELL, Claire appointed
director
2023-12-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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PHILLIPS, John Terence appointed
director
2022-09-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-08
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DODGE, John Robert appointed
director
2022-09-08
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FRANCIS, Ian resigned
director
2022-09-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-09-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-10-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-10-22
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-10-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-01
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CURRIE, Michael appointed
director
2021-10-01
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YANG, Katherine appointed
director
2021-10-01
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FRANCIS, Laura resigned
secretary
2021-10-01
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HOWE, Andrew John resigned
director
2021-10-01
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STANLEY, Michael Leslie resigned
director
2021-07-22
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Charge satisfied #3
2021-07-13
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-12-31
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WALTON, Neil resigned
director
2010-11-01
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FRANCIS, Laura appointed
secretary
2010-09-22
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STANLEY, Michael Leslie resigned
secretary
2010-02-01
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WALTON, Neil appointed
director
2008-04-28
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HOWE, Andrew John appointed
director
2008-04-22
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STANLEY, Michael Leslie appointed
secretary
2008-04-22
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UPHILL, Stephen Patrick resigned
secretary
2008-04-22
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FRANCIS, Ian appointed
director
2008-04-22
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STANLEY, Michael Leslie appointed
director
2008-04-22
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UPHILL, Carolyn Louise resigned
director
2008-04-22
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UPHILL, Stephen Patrick resigned
director
2008-04-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2008-04-22
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2008-02-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2002-11-07
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SHEPHERD, Beatrice May resigned
secretary

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Owner dependency

40/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100

Weak signal

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

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Surfaceprep Uk Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Surfaceprep Uk Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ABRACLEAN LIMITED

This company · 01404968

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Surfaceprep Uk Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/02/2026

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Surface Finishing Equipment Group Ltdceased 01/02/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1978-12-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC28960 — SIC 28960

Registered office

36 Orgreave Drive

Sheffield

S13 9NR

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15