ABBEY ENGLAND LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01638775 · ltd · incorporated 1982-05-28

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.38M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 26.9y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 26.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (6 active, 12 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,375,839

Cash YoY

-15%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£227k

↓ 15% YoY

Net Worth

£2.4m

↑ 3.8% YoY

Current Assets

£2.7m

↑ 2.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£2.38M	£2.31M
Current assets	£2.72M	£2.66M
Cash	£227.4k	£266.2k
Debtors	£656.3k	£718.8k
Net assets	£2.38M	£2.29M

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

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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

• 2 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (40 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2025-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-19
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-06
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officers · TM01
2021-09-30
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TRAYNOR, Ian resigned
director
2021-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
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mortgage · MR01
2021-08-25
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Charge registered #6
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2020-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-01-24
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mortgage-charge-part-release-with-charge-number
mortgage · MR05
2019-12-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-12-19
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BROWN, Gregory John appointed
director
2019-12-19
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BROWN, Marie Louise resigned
director
2019-12-19
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KANE, Jane Frances resigned
director
2019-12-19
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PICKERING, Ellananne resigned
director
2019-12-19
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TRAYNOR, Ian appointed
director
2019-06-11
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
2017-05-24
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-04-01
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-01-18
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2016-12-22
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2011-04-07
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PHILLIPS, Peter Gerard Noel appointed
director
2011-04-07
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PICKERING, Richard Jeremy appointed
director
2011-04-07
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BROWN, Gerald resigned
director
2011-04-07
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BROWN, Marie Louise appointed
director
2011-04-07
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BROWN, Yvonne resigned
director
2011-04-07
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KANE, Jane Frances appointed
director
1999-08-06
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1999-08-06
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1995-01-01
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BROWN, Richard Gregory appointed
director
1995-01-01
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PICKERING, Ellananne appointed
director
1982-05-28
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY ENGLAND LIMITED

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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard Gregory Brown Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/12/2016
Margaret Phillips Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/12/2016
Mrs Ellenanne Pickering Individual · British · DOB 10/1964 · age 62	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	12/12/2016

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

Incorporated1982-05-28

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Abbey House, Haig Road, Parkgate Industrial Estate Haig Road

Parkgate Industrial Estate

Knutsford

WA16 8DX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-11

Last: 2026-04-27