ABAS DRYLINING & CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD

🌳Matureactive

01992349 · ltd · incorporated 1986-02-21

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 38.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Plastering

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.4y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 38.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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accounts · AA
2026-01-31
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-01-27
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-23
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-28
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mortgage · MR04
2018-11-28
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-08-01
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officers · AP01
2018-07-30
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AGOSTON-VAS, Linda Vivien appointed
director
2017-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-12-21
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accounts · AA
2013-11-27
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GOODLAND, Malcolm Anthony resigned
secretary
2013-11-27
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GOODLAND, Malcolm Anthony resigned
director
2006-02-14
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GOODLAND, Bridget May resigned
secretary
2006-02-14
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GOODLAND, Malcolm Anthony appointed
secretary
1990-08-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1987-12-15
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Tsb England & Wales PLC
1986-02-21
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Company incorporated
As ABAS DRYLINING & CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

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.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 40 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No 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
Mr Charles Victor Agoston-Vas Individual · British · DOB 02/1953 · age 73	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	07/06/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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ABRON ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 14076067 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
ABSOLUTE PLASTERING LIMITED→ 09654468 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
AC PROPERTY MAINTENANCE (SOUTH WEST) LTD→ 09443624 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
ACCESS 28 LIMITED→ 15746721 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1986-02-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43310 — Plastering

Registered office

Melrose House Pynes Hill

Rydon Lane

Exeter

Devon

EX2 5AZ

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-21

Last: 2025-06-07

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

AGOSTON VAS, Charles Victor→

director · ~73y

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Active

AGOSTON-VAS, Linda Vivien→

director · ~76y · appointed 2018-07-30

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Active

GOODLAND, Bridget May→

secretary · resigned 2006-02-14

Resigned

GOODLAND, Malcolm Anthony→

secretary · appointed 2006-02-14 · resigned 2013-11-27

Resigned

GOODLAND, Malcolm Anthony→

director · ~77y · resigned 2013-11-27

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	Single debenture	1 property	20/08/1990	—
	satisfied	Lloyds Banking Group Tsb England & Wales PLC	Credit balance	1 property	15/12/1987	28/11/2018

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Recent filings (106 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-25

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2026-01-31

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2026-01-27

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-10-23