ABLE GUTTER SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01921425 · ltd · incorporated 1985-06-11
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.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
94 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.
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-07📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-08-06📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-08-09📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2022-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 1985-06-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ABLE GUTTER SYSTEMS LIMITED
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr. Gary Davin Power Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
. Queen Elizabeth Drive
Oswestry
SY11 2UQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-01
Last: 2026-05-18
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
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Recent filings (94 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-08-07
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-20