ABBEY FORGED PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01644542 · ltd · incorporated 1982-06-18
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 32.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£22.37M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24100
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.3y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £22,367,031
Cash YoY
+88%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£19m
↑ 88% YoY
Net Worth
£22m
~ YoY
Current Assets
£46m
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9.1m£18m£27m£37m£46mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£22.53M£22.28M
Current assets£45.67M£34.36M
Cash£19.38M£10.30M
Debtors£25.36M£23.30M
Net assets£22.37M£22.23M

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-01-06
    ➖
    NEAL, Roger Stephen resigned
    director
  3. 2025-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-01-12
    ➕
    GREEN, Scott appointed
    director
  8. 2022-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-02-22
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-02-19
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-02-18
    ➕
    GREEN, Genevieve appointed
    director
  13. 2020-07-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-07-26
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-05-10
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2010-03-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  20. 2010-03-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2006-11-28
    🔒
    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  22. 2006-10-11
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  23. 2004-11-30
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  24. 1999-01-20
    ➕
    NEAL, Jason Stephen appointed
    director
  25. 1994-03-04
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  26. 1982-06-18
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY FORGED PRODUCTS 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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

The Abbey Group Uk Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Abbey Group Uk Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABBEY FORGED PRODUCTS LIMITED
This company · 01644542

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
The Abbey Group Uk Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control30/06/2016

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
Incorporated1982-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC24100 — SIC 24100

Registered office

Beeley Wood Works, Beeley Wood
Lane, Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S6 1ND

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

NEAL, Jacqueline Margaret→
secretary
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Active
GREEN, Genevieve→
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-02-18
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Active
GREEN, Scott→
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-01-12
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Active
NEAL, Jacqueline Margaret→
director · ~76y
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Active
NEAL, Jason Stephen→
director · ~56y · appointed 1999-01-20
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Active
NEAL, Roger Stephen→
director · ~82y · resigned 2026-01-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property28/11/200609/03/2010
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property11/10/200609/03/2010
satisfied
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/03/199430/11/2004

Recent filings (113 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-02-19