ABPAC LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01651229 · ltd · incorporated 1982-07-14
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£12.63M
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 46900Non-specialised wholesale trade
Investor take
PursueActive trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.
Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: refinance and hold (60/100).
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Refinance opportunity
10 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 43.8y
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 43.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 48/100 (high).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
10 charges (10/10 with lender, 10/10 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
154 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £1,534,648
Turnover YoY
-4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12.63M | £13.10M |
| Gross profit | £4.17M | £4.16M |
| Operating profit | £1.50M | £1.62M |
| Profit before tax | £1.53M | £1.65M |
| Average employees | 4600 | 4400 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 2 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-01➕PELLINGTON-PIKE, Joel appointedsecretary
- 2026-05-01➖BROWNHILL, Keith resignedsecretary
- 2026-05-01📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2026-05-01📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-11-10➕BROWNHILL, Keith appointedsecretary
- 2025-11-10➖WHALLEY, Gerald resignedsecretary
- 2025-11-10📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-11-10📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-28➖BROWNHILL, Keith resignedsecretary
- 2025-07-28➕WHALLEY, Gerald appointedsecretary
- 2025-07-28📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2025-07-28📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-04-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-09🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2024-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-22📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-05-22🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-15📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-08-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-06-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-07📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2021-10-06➕BROWNHILL, Keith appointedsecretary
- 2021-09-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-03➖THEOBALD, Lisa Helen resignedsecretary
- 2021-04-21➕HILL, Giles Allen appointeddirector
- 2021-04-21➕MARX, Francis Angus Locke appointeddirector
- 2021-04-21➕WINGFIELD-DIGBY, Frederick John appointeddirector
- 2021-04-21➖BARKER, Lee Anderson resigneddirector
- 2021-04-21➖BARKER, Melanie resigneddirector
- 2021-04-21🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Lee Anderson Barker
- 2021-04-21🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2009-01-27🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2004-10-04🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2004-10-04🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2004-10-04🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2004-10-04🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2004-10-04🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2004-10-04🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2004-07-20🔒Charge registered #7Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2002-08-05➖BARKER, Anthony resigneddirector
- 2002-08-05➕BARKER, Melanie appointeddirector
- 1999-09-30➖BARKER, Eileen Dorothy resigneddirector
- 1999-09-30➖RENDELL, Lisa Helen resigneddirector
Showing most recent 50 of 58 events
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
2 med ·3 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: BROWNHILL, Keith resigned 2026-05-01; BROWNHILL, Keith resigned 2025-07-28; WHALLEY, Gerald resigned 2025-11-10
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ABPAC LIMITED
This company · 01651229
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Kentra Bay Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 21/04/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Lee Anderson Barkerceased 21/04/2021· 25-50% shares
- Melanie Barkerceased 21/04/2021· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ACACIA ENERGY GROUP LTD.→ 10767397 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| AFEARD LTD→ 15956993 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALL DOGS HAVE DREAMS LTD→ 16425104 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALLUM LIMITED→ 02617922 · est 1991 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | — | — |
| AMINOH PEPTIDES LTD→ 17020404 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ARHAM WEAR LTD→ 15405552 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ARMS-TEC LTD→ 16338430 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ARTISAN FOOD CLUB ONLINE LIMITED→ 14311486 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ATLAS INTERIORS LIMITED→ 06910215 · est 2009 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| AVALON GUNS LIMITED→ 05683439 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| AVON STEEL COMPANY LIMITED→ 01346397 · est 1977 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 48y | — | — |
| BABER ANIMAL FEEDS LTD→ 11693622 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1982-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46760 — SIC 46760
Registered office
Abpac House
Wessex Way,
Wincanton Business Park
Wincanton Somerset,
BA9 9RR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22
Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)
PELLINGTON-PIKE, Joel→
Activesecretary · appointed 2026-05-01
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HILL, Giles Allen→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-04-21
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MARX, Francis Angus Locke→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-04-21
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WINGFIELD-DIGBY, Frederick John→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2021-04-21
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BROWNHILL, Keith→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2025-11-10 · resigned 2026-05-01
BROWNHILL, Keith→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2021-10-06 · resigned 2025-07-28
THEOBALD, Lisa Helen→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2021-09-03
WHALLEY, Gerald→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2025-07-28 · resigned 2025-11-10
BARKER, Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~81y · resigned 2002-08-05
BARKER, Eileen Dorothy→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 1999-09-30
BARKER, Lee Anderson→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · resigned 2021-04-21
BARKER, Melanie→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2002-08-05 · resigned 2021-04-21
RENDELL, Lisa Helen→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 1991-09-01 · resigned 1999-09-30
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Mortgages & charges
10
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:10 of 10 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 09/04/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | Lee Anderson Barker / Melanie Clare Barker | A registered charge | 1 property | 21/04/2021 | 22/05/2024 | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | — | 21/04/2021 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 20/07/2004 | 27/01/2009 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 04/07/1996 | 04/10/2004 | |
| satisfied | Griffin Factors Griffin Factors Limited | Fixed equitable charge | 1 property | 05/12/1994 | 04/10/2004 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 2 properties | 16/12/1993 | 04/10/2004 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 27/04/1990 | 04/10/2004 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 03/09/1982 | 04/10/2004 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 03/09/1982 | 04/10/2004 |
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Recent filings (154 total)
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-05-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-05-01
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-11-10
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-07-28
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-07-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-07-23
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28