ABBEY PETS REMEMBRANCE GARDENS AND CREMATORIA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02429752 · ltd · incorporated 1989-10-05
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£204.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.4y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.4 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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £204,266

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£204k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£28k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£41k£82k£123k£163k£204kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£221.7k£212.6k
Current assets£27.8k£17.1k
Net assets£204.3k£182.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-29
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  2. 2024-02-01
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  3. 2023-02-10
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  4. 2022-01-31
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  5. 2021-05-28
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  6. 2020-02-11
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  7. 2019-05-30
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  8. 2018-05-31
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  9. 2017-05-26
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  10. 2016-06-14
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  11. 2016-01-28
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  12. 2015-06-25
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  13. 2015-02-03
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  14. 2014-06-28
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  15. 2014-01-14
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  16. 2010-01-01
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    EDWARDS, Sandra Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2007-12-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2007-12-21
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  19. 2007-01-31
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 2006-11-27
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    EDWARDS, Rebecca appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-11-27
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    EDWARDS, Richard Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2006-11-27
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    CHESTER, Hiroko resigned
    secretary
  23. 2006-11-27
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    CHESTER, Hiroko resigned
    director
  24. 2006-11-27
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    CHESTER, James Philip Granado resigned
    director
  25. 2006-09-14
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    RICKETTS, Jeremy resigned
    director
  26. 1989-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY PETS REMEMBRANCE GARDENS AND CREMATORIA LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sandra Ann Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 11/1950 · age 76
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated1989-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities

Registered office

39 Salhouse Road
Rackheath
Norwich
Norfolk
NR13 6PD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

EDWARDS, Rebecca→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-27
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Active
EDWARDS, Richard Thomas→
director · ~80y · appointed 2006-11-27
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Active
EDWARDS, Sandra Ann→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-01-01
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Active
CHESTER, Hiroko→
secretary · resigned 2006-11-27
Resigned
CHESTER, Hiroko→
director · ~78y · resigned 2006-11-27
Resigned
CHESTER, James Philip Granado→
director · ~76y · resigned 2006-11-27
Resigned
RICKETTS, Jeremy→
director · ~87y · resigned 2006-09-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage deed1 property21/12/2007—
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property31/01/200729/12/2007
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Recent filings (98 total)

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2025-05-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
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accounts · AA
2024-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-15