ABBEY ARCHITECTURAL IRONMONGERY COMPANY LIMITED

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02042125 · ltd · incorporated 1986-07-30
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 31.5y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
132 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£121k£243k£364k£486k£607kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets—£560.0k
Current assets—£606.9k
Net assets—£560.0k
Average employees0—

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-14
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  2. 2026-01-08
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    replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP01AP01
  3. 2025-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-12-10
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  5. 2025-12-10
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
  6. 2025-11-21
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-11-10
    ➖
    SLATER, Keith Arnold resigned
    director
  8. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-21
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    legacy
    accounts · PARENT_ACC
  10. 2023-10-21
    📄
    legacy
    other · AGREEMENT2
  11. 2023-10-21
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    legacy
    other · GUARANTEE2
  12. 2023-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-07-20
    ➕
    WELCH, Paul appointed
    secretary
  14. 2022-07-20
    ➕
    SLATER, Keith Arnold appointed
    director
  15. 2022-07-20
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  16. 2022-07-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2022-06-08
    ➕
    JONES, Christine Janet appointed
    director
  18. 2022-06-08
    ➖
    BLEACKLEY, Paul Joseph resigned
    director
  19. 2022-06-08
    ➖
    BLEACKLEY, Tracy Anne resigned
    director
  20. 2022-06-08
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  21. 2022-06-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2022-06-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  23. 2022-06-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2022-06-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  25. 2022-06-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  26. 2022-06-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  27. 2022-06-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  28. 2022-01-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  29. 2018-04-27
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  30. 2018-02-22
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    Charge satisfied #2
  31. 2017-03-17
    ➖
    TOWNEND, Andrew Everett resigned
    director
  32. 2014-10-01
    ➕
    TOWNEND, Andrew Everett appointed
    director
  33. 2011-08-01
    ➕
    BLEACKLEY, Paul Joseph appointed
    director
  34. 2011-01-01
    ➖
    BLEACKLEY, Tracey Anne resigned
    secretary
  35. 2011-01-01
    ➖
    BLEACKLEY, Paul Joseph resigned
    director
  36. 2007-10-31
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  37. 2000-08-10
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  38. 1997-10-01
    ➕
    BLEACKLEY, Paul Joseph appointed
    director
  39. 1997-09-22
    ➖
    GRAHAM, Stephen resigned
    director
  40. 1994-11-22
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  41. 1986-07-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY ARCHITECTURAL IRONMONGERY COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

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.

Group structure

Joseph Parr Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Joseph Parr Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABBEY ARCHITECTURAL IRONMONGERY COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 02042125

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
Joseph Parr Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/06/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Tracy Bleackleyceased 08/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Paul Joseph Bleackleyceased 08/06/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

Parr Building Centre
Dunnings Bridge Road
Bootle
L30 6UU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

WELCH, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2022-07-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Christine Janet→
director · ~56y · appointed 2022-06-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLEACKLEY, Tracey Anne→
secretary · resigned 2011-01-01
Resigned
BLEACKLEY, Paul Joseph→
director · ~54y · appointed 2011-08-01 · resigned 2022-06-08
Resigned
BLEACKLEY, Paul Joseph→
director · ~54y · appointed 1997-10-01 · resigned 2011-01-01
Resigned
BLEACKLEY, Tracy Anne→
director · ~60y · resigned 2022-06-08
Resigned
GRAHAM, Stephen→
director · ~61y · resigned 1997-09-22
Resigned
SLATER, Keith Arnold→
director · ~63y · appointed 2022-07-20 · resigned 2025-11-10
Resigned
TOWNEND, Andrew Everett→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-10-01 · resigned 2017-03-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property31/10/200727/04/2018
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage3 properties10/08/200022/02/2018
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property22/11/199412/01/2022

Recent filings (132 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-14
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-14
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-19
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-12-10
legacy
miscellaneous · ANNOTATION
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2023-10-21
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2023-10-21
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2023-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14