ABBEY MANOR DEVELOPMENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

01499944 · ltd · incorporated 1980-06-05

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 68). Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

12 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 45.1y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 45.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 55/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

12 charges (12/12 with lender, 12/12 with type)

Directors & officers

22 officers (4 active, 22 linked, 18 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared

Director network

18 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

196 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	400

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (79 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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accounts · AA
2025-03-28
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2024-01-09
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capital · SH06
2024-01-08
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capital · SH06
2023-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-07-25
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-07-21
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capital · SH10
2023-07-21
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capital · SH08
2023-07-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-17
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capital · SH06
2023-07-17
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capital · SH03
2023-06-08
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mortgage · MR04
2023-06-08
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mortgage · MR04
2023-06-08
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Charge satisfied #4
2023-06-08
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Charge satisfied #3
2023-03-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-01
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KING, Janine Mary resigned
secretary
2021-03-01
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KING, Janine Mary resigned
director
2019-07-03
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GALPIN, Emma Lucinda Shaw resigned
director
2019-07-03
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ROBERTSON, Vanessa Jayne Shaw resigned
director
2019-07-03
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TIMMIS, Anthony Richard Shaw resigned
director
2019-07-03
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TIMMIS, Christopher Howard Shaw resigned
director
2019-07-03
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TIMMIS, Georgina Lucy Shaw resigned
director
2019-07-03
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TIMMIS, Jonathan Adam Shaw resigned
director
2019-07-03
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TIMMIS, Susan Mary Dorron resigned
director
2019-03-13
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Charge satisfied #10
2019-03-13
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Charge satisfied #8
2019-02-21
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Charge satisfied #7
2019-02-21
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Charge satisfied #6
2019-02-06
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Charge satisfied #9
2016-09-13
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KING, Janine Mary appointed
director
2016-02-02
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TIMMIS, Alastair Marcus Shaw appointed
director
2016-02-02
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GALPIN, Emma Lucinda Shaw appointed
director
2016-02-02
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ROBERTSON, Vanessa Jayne Shaw appointed
director
2016-02-02
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TIMMIS, Anthony Richard Shaw appointed
director
2016-02-02
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TIMMIS, Christopher Howard Shaw appointed
director
2016-02-02
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TIMMIS, Georgina Lucy Shaw appointed
director
2016-02-02
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TIMMIS, Susan Mary Dorron appointed
director
2015-12-02
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Charge satisfied #12
2015-11-09
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GANNON, Judith Emma appointed
director
2015-09-30
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BOWKER, Ian Patrick resigned
secretary
2015-09-30
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KING, Janine Mary appointed
secretary
2011-10-01
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Charge satisfied #11

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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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 46 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

medium

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

Group structure

Abbey Manor Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abbey Manor Group Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ABBEY MANOR DEVELOPMENTS LTD

This company · 01499944

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
Abbey Manor Group Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	30/06/2023

5 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Gillian Rose Timmisceased 30/06/2023· significant influence · trust interest
Mr Jonathan Adam Shaw Timmisceased 30/06/2023· significant influence · trust interest
Mr Nigel Richard Shaw Timmisceased 30/06/2023· 50-75% shares
Mr Anthony Richard Shaw Timmisceased 03/07/2019· 50-75% shares
Mrs Susan Mary Dorron Timmisceased 03/07/2019· 50-75% shares

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1980-06-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Abbey

Preston Road

Yeovil

Somerset

BA20 2EN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (4 active · 18 resigned)

GANNON, Judith Emma→

director · ~59y · appointed 2015-11-09

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TIMMIS, Alastair Marcus Shaw→

director · ~36y · appointed 2016-02-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TIMMIS, Gillian Rose→

director · ~68y · appointed 1996-02-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TIMMIS, Nigel Richard Shaw→

director · ~65y

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BOWKER, Ian Patrick→

secretary · appointed 1997-08-01 · resigned 2015-09-30

Resigned

BURROWS, Keith Rowland→

secretary · resigned 1996-01-31

Resigned

KING, Janine Mary→

secretary · appointed 2015-09-30 · resigned 2021-03-01

Resigned

TIMMIS, Susan Mary Dorron→

secretary · appointed 1996-01-31 · resigned 1997-07-25

Resigned

BURROWS, Keith Rowland→

director · ~85y · resigned 1996-01-31

Resigned

GALPIN, Emma Lucinda Shaw→

director · ~62y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2019-07-03

Resigned

GANNON, Judith Emma→

director · ~59y · appointed 2000-10-16 · resigned 2008-05-12

Resigned

KING, Janine Mary→

director · ~58y · appointed 2016-09-13 · resigned 2021-03-01

Resigned

MCLAUGHLIN, William Miller→

director · ~86y · resigned 1998-01-19

Resigned

ROBERTSON, Vanessa Jayne Shaw→

director · ~63y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2019-07-03

Resigned

TIMMIS, Anthony Richard Shaw→

director · ~90y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2019-07-03

Resigned

TIMMIS, Anthony Richard Shaw→

director · ~90y · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2000-03-01

Resigned

TIMMIS, Anthony Richard Shaw→

director · ~90y · resigned 1997-07-25

Resigned

TIMMIS, Christopher Howard Shaw→

director · ~52y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2019-07-03

Resigned

TIMMIS, Georgina Lucy Shaw→

director · ~39y · appointed 2016-02-02 · resigned 2019-07-03

Resigned

TIMMIS, Jonathan Adam Shaw→

director · ~58y · appointed 2004-01-06 · resigned 2019-07-03

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:12 of 12 shown

		Type	Properties
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	2 properties	11/12/2007	02/12/2015
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	16/09/2005	01/10/2011
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Charge of agreement for lease	1 property	31/05/2005	13/03/2019
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	31/05/2005	06/02/2019
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	28/05/2004	13/03/2019
satisfied	Network Rail Infrastructure Network Rail Infrastructure Limited	Legal charge	1 property	30/01/2004	21/02/2019
satisfied	Denzil Clive Burgess and Brian Leslie Burgess	Equitable charge	2 properties	10/09/2003	21/02/2019
satisfied	The Council and City of Plymouth	Conveyance	1 property	25/04/2003	06/08/2009
satisfied	The Secretary of State for Defence	Deed of charge	1 property	18/01/2001	08/06/2023
satisfied	The Secretary of State for Defence	Deed of charge	1 property	13/03/2000	08/06/2023
satisfied	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	Mortgage debenture	1 property	26/11/1990	11/12/2004
outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Legal charge	1 property	15/04/1981	—

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Recent filings (196 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-24

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-03-21

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2024-01-09

capital-cancellation-shares

capital · SH06

2024-01-08

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-07-25

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-07-25

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2023-07-25

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC02

2023-07-25

capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares

capital · SH10

2023-07-21

capital-name-of-class-of-shares

capital · SH08

2023-07-21

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2023-07-21