ABBEY MEMORIALS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
01624796 · ltd · incorporated 1982-03-25
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
£-244.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Funeral and related activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -45% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £244,101
Cash draining
Cash down 45% YoY
Cash YoY
-45%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£44k
↓ 45% YoY
Net Worth
-£244k
↑ 9.3% YoY
Current Assets
£433k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£269k-£119k£32k£182k£332k£483kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£-244.1k£-260.0k
Current assets£433.4k£482.9k
Cash£43.8k£79.7k
Debtors£105.1k£111.2k
Net assets£-244.1k£-269.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
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filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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  2. 2025-03-31
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  3. 2024-03-27
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  4. 2023-06-29
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  5. 2022-03-31
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  6. 2021-09-27
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  7. 2020-12-21
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  8. 2019-09-30
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  9. 2018-09-26
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  10. 2017-08-01
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  11. 2016-04-21
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  12. 2016-03-14
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  13. 2016-02-03
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  14. 2016-01-06
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  15. 2016-01-05
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  16. 2016-01-04
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    STEEN, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  17. 2016-01-04
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    SPOONER, Cortina resigned
    secretary
  18. 2016-01-04
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    SPOONER, Cortina resigned
    director
  19. 2016-01-04
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    SPOONER, John resigned
    director
  20. 1982-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY MEMORIALS LIMITED

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

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 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 44 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Glen Smith
Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities

Registered office

21 Lodge Lane
Grays
Essex
RM17 5RY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

STEEN, Mark Anthony→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-01-04
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Active
SPOONER, Cortina→
secretary · resigned 2016-01-04
Resigned
SPOONER, Cortina→
director · ~68y · resigned 2016-01-04
Resigned
SPOONER, John→
director · ~73y · resigned 2016-01-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

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2026-04-24
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2026-03-31
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2025-04-25
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2025-03-31
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2024-04-30
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2024-03-27
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2023-06-29
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2023-04-28
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2022-05-19
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accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts · AA01
2021-09-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-30
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accounts · AA
2020-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-29
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accounts · AA
2019-09-30