ABBEY LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02484251 · ltd · incorporated 1990-03-22

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Freight transport by road

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 20 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (57/100).

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Refinance opportunity

28 live charges · 20 lenders · oldest 36.1y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 36.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 20 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 53/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

28 charges (28/28 with lender, 28/28 with type)

Directors & officers

32 officers (7 active, 32 linked, 27 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

257 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Some moderate concerns — review flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £4,420,090

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

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	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	£4.42M
Average employees	55900

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

filing

• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (129 events)Click to expand

2026-04-28
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officers · AP01
2026-04-16
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DE SMET, Birger Albert Gerard appointed
director
2026-04-07
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officers · TM01
2026-04-06
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MALE, Matthew Toby resigned
director
2026-01-29
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officers · TM01
2026-01-01
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PATTEN, David resigned
director
2025-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-09-26
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officers · AP01
2025-09-26
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officers · AP01
2025-09-25
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PARSONS, Matthew James appointed
director
2025-09-25
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WIGNALL-JENNINGS, Nicola appointed
director
2025-07-09
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accounts · AA
2025-02-17
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mortgage · MR01
2025-02-12
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Charge registered #28
Lender: Kbc Bank Nv as Security Agent and Security Trustee for the Secured Parties
2024-09-20
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accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-12
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-12
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mortgage · MR04
2024-07-12
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Charge satisfied #26
2024-07-12
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Charge satisfied #21
2024-07-12
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Charge satisfied #18
2024-06-19
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mortgage · MR01
2024-06-14
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Charge registered #27
Lender: Kbc Commercial Finance Nv
2024-05-21
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mortgage · MR04
2024-05-21
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Charge satisfied #24
2024-05-20
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mortgage · MR04
2024-05-20
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mortgage · MR04
2024-05-20
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mortgage · MR04
2024-05-20
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Charge satisfied #23
2024-05-20
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Charge satisfied #22
2024-05-20
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Charge satisfied #19
2024-05-10
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SAVILLE, Josette resigned
director
2024-05-10
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officers · TM01
2024-03-13
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officers · AP01
2024-03-01
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JAMIESON, Paul appointed
director
2024-02-13
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-02-12
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Charge registered #26
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2024-01-10
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accounts · AA01
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2023-11-01
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Charge satisfied #25
2023-11-01
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Charge satisfied #20
2023-10-27
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SAELENS, David Robert Karel appointed
director
2023-10-27
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SAELENS, Nicolas Robert Andre appointed
director
2023-10-27
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GRANITE, Steven resigned
director
2022-10-05
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SAVILLE, Josette appointed
director
2022-05-06
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COULSON, David resigned
director
2021-01-11
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Charge satisfied #14
2019-09-12
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PATTEN, David appointed
director
2019-04-01
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MALE, Matthew Toby appointed
director
2019-01-22
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RANDLE, Tom resigned
secretary

Showing most recent 50 of 129 events

Owner dependency

56/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+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

50/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

2 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: MALE, Matthew Toby resigned 2026-04-06; PATTEN, David resigned 2026-01-01

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

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

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Axle Bidco Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ABBEY LOGISTICS GROUP LIMITED

This company · 02484251

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Axle Bidco Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest	03/08/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1990-03-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Suite 11, Stone Cross Place Stone Cross Lane North

Lowton

Warrington

WA3 2SH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-21

Last: 2026-03-07