ABBEYWOOD FLOORCOVERINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02315963 · ltd · incorporated 1988-11-11
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
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£1.19M
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Floor and wall covering
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), 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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -60% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 37.3y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
130 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,185,381
Net assets shrinking
Down £26,273 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 60% YoY
Cash YoY
-60%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£69k
↓ 60% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 2.2% YoY
Current Assets
£275k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£242k£485k£727k£969k£1.2mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.21M£1.23M
Current assets£275.4k£422.2k
Cash£69.3k£172.5k
Debtors£202.1k£224.9k
Net assets£1.19M£1.21M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2025-12-15
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-12-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  6. 2024-12-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2024-12-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2024-10-03
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    RICE, David John appointed
    director
  9. 2024-10-03
    ➕
    RICE, David John appointed
    director
  10. 2024-10-03
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    RICE, David John resigned
    director
  11. 2024-10-03
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    RICE, David John resigned
    director
  12. 2024-10-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2024-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-07-19
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  17. 2021-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-03-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-11-28
    ➕
    KENT, James, Mr. appointed
    secretary
  22. 2013-11-27
    ➖
    CERDEIRA, Juan resigned
    secretary
  23. 2000-05-02
    ➕
    KENT, John appointed
    director
  24. 1998-03-06
    ➕
    CERDEIRA, Juan appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-03-06
    ➖
    KENT, James Ernest resigned
    secretary
  26. 1998-03-06
    ➖
    KENT, Doris Mary resigned
    director
  27. 1998-03-06
    ➖
    KENT, James Ernest resigned
    director
  28. 1998-02-02
    ➕
    KENT, James appointed
    director
  29. 1998-02-02
    ➕
    RICE, David John appointed
    director
  30. 1995-05-30
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  31. 1995-01-03
    ➕
    KENT, Doris Mary appointed
    director
  32. 1995-01-03
    ➖
    KERWOOD, John Ernest resigned
    director
  33. 1989-02-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  34. 1988-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYWOOD FLOORCOVERINGS LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Abbeywood Flooring Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abbeywood Flooring Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABBEYWOOD FLOORCOVERINGS LIMITED
This company · 02315963

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
Abbeywood Flooring Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/11/2024
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr James Kentceased 11/11/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr John Kentceased 11/11/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr James Ernest Kentceased 19/02/2019· 25-50% shares

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

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6 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
Incorporated1988-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43330 — Floor and wall covering

Registered office

The Old Barn
Wood Street
Swanley
BR8 7PA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

KENT, James, Mr.→
secretary · appointed 2013-11-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENT, James→
director · ~50y · appointed 1998-02-02
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Active
KENT, John→
director · ~45y · appointed 2000-05-02
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Active
RICE, David John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CERDEIRA, Juan→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-06 · resigned 2013-11-27
Resigned
KENT, James Ernest→
secretary · resigned 1998-03-06
Resigned
KENT, Doris Mary→
director · ~84y · appointed 1995-01-03 · resigned 1998-03-06
Resigned
KENT, James Ernest→
director · ~83y · resigned 1998-03-06
Resigned
KERWOOD, John Ernest→
director · ~83y · resigned 1995-01-03
Resigned
RICE, David John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-10-03 · resigned 2024-10-03
Resigned
RICE, David John→
director · ~63y · appointed 1998-02-02 · resigned 2024-10-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property27/02/198930/05/1995

Recent filings (130 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-13