ABBEY EXTRUSIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01909175 · ltd · incorporated 1985-04-29

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

—

year to Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 40.8y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 40.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

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

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

131 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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Average employees	1300	-1300

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

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3 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-21
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-02-21
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Charge satisfied #5
2023-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-10
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2022-02-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-31
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-10
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Charge registered #6
Lender: 4SYTE Limited
2021-02-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-01-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2008-11-05
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2007-10-30
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Charge registered #4
Lender: The Leicestershire County Council
2007-05-23
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Charge satisfied #2
2007-04-17
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COWAN, Bryan appointed
secretary
2007-04-17
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BIRD, Martin Allen appointed
director
2007-04-17
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MILLINGTON, Richard John appointed
director
2007-04-17
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TURNER, Douglas John appointed
director
2007-04-17
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ALLEN, Robert William resigned
secretary
2007-04-17
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ALLEN, Joan Mary resigned
director
2007-04-17
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ALLEN, Robert William resigned
director
2004-10-28
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Charge satisfied #3
2004-10-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2004-07-14
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COWAN, Julie resigned
director
1989-06-29
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Charge registered #3
Lender: 3I PLC
1987-03-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1985-08-02
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Investors in Industry PLC
1985-04-29
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY EXTRUSIONS LIMITED

Owner dependency

65/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bryan Cowan Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1985-04-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 2 Ivanhoe Ind Est

Tournament Way

Ashby-De-La-Zouch

LE65 2UU

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-13

Last: 2025-10-30