ABINGDON MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

💤Zombieactive
01470872 · ltd · incorporated 1980-01-03
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 35.8y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 35.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
143 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
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£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees1100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2022-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  7. 2021-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2020-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2019-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-24
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2016-06-24
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2016-06-03
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    PAGE, Robert Hoyles resigned
    secretary
  15. 2016-06-03
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    PAGE, Robert Hoyles resigned
    director
  16. 2016-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-04
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2002-03-01
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    Charge satisfied #3
  19. 2002-03-01
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2002-03-01
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 1999-04-01
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    PAGE, Robert Hoyles appointed
    director
  22. 1999-01-25
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    COCKELL, Merrick Richard resigned
    director
  23. 1999-01-19
    ➖
    LIBBY, Ernest Guy resigned
    director
  24. 1996-11-25
    ➖
    CHILD, Peter Brian resigned
    secretary
  25. 1996-11-25
    ➕
    PAGE, Robert Hoyles appointed
    secretary
  26. 1995-08-01
    ➕
    COCKELL, Merrick Richard appointed
    director
  27. 1994-05-13
    ➖
    GOURLAY, David Evington resigned
    director
  28. 1990-08-16
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  29. 1990-08-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  30. 1990-08-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  31. 1980-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABINGDON MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED(THE)

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Geoffrey Neil Hamilton-Fairley
Individual · British · DOB 04/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1980-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Hewgar House
Broad Hinton
Swindon
SN4 9PA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-04
Last: 2025-11-20

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

HAMILTON FAIRLEY, Geoffrey Neil→
director · ~65y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHILD, Peter Brian→
secretary · resigned 1996-11-25
Resigned
PAGE, Robert Hoyles→
secretary · appointed 1996-11-25 · resigned 2016-06-03
Resigned
COCKELL, Merrick Richard→
director · ~69y · appointed 1995-08-01 · resigned 1999-01-25
Resigned
GOURLAY, David Evington→
director · ~98y · resigned 1994-05-13
Resigned
LIBBY, Ernest Guy→
director · ~98y · resigned 1999-01-19
Resigned
PAGE, Robert Hoyles→
director · ~72y · appointed 1999-04-01 · resigned 2016-06-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Share mortgage1 property16/08/199001/03/2002
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Letter of off set1 property09/08/199001/03/2002
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Debenture1 property09/08/199001/03/2002

Recent filings (143 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-29