AB HOMES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02527786 · ltd · incorporated 1990-08-03
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 41202Construction of domestic buildings
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-28
Average employees2

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.

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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  2. 2025-03-03
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  3. 2025-03-03
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  4. 2024-04-10
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  5. 2024-04-10
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  6. 2024-02-28
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  7. 2023-03-28
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  8. 2023-03-28
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  9. 2023-03-28
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  11. 2023-03-28
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  12. 2023-02-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-29
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-10-13
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  15. 2019-10-03
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-24
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  17. 2019-07-23
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  18. 2014-07-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Property Lending LLP
  19. 2013-09-02
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    TOSCANI, Ivan Reginald George appointed
    director
  20. 2013-09-02
    ➕
    VARLEY, James Nathan appointed
    director
  21. 2013-09-02
    ➖
    GANMOR SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2013-09-02
    ➖
    TUCKER, Peter David resigned
    director
  23. 2011-12-01
    ➖
    ALLEN, Andrew Gary resigned
    secretary
  24. 2011-12-01
    ➕
    GANMOR SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2011-12-01
    ➖
    ALLEN, Andrew Gary resigned
    director
  26. 2011-12-01
    ➖
    ALLEN, Roger Bernard resigned
    director
  27. 2011-12-01
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    TUCKER, Peter David appointed
    director
  28. 2001-02-06
    ➕
    ALLEN, Andrew Gary appointed
    secretary
  29. 2001-02-06
    ➖
    WILSON, Shirley resigned
    secretary
  30. 2001-02-06
    ➖
    ALLEN, Peter John resigned
    director
  31. 1994-12-05
    ➖
    ALLEN, Raymond Henry resigned
    director
  32. 1990-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As AB HOMES LIMITED

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 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ivan Reginald George Toscani
Individual · English · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
Mr James Nathan Varley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1976 · age 50
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1990-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

C/O Dickinsons, Brandon House
First Floor, 90 The Broadway
Chesham
HP5 1EG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

TOSCANI, Ivan Reginald George→
director · ~67y · appointed 2013-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
VARLEY, James Nathan→
director · ~50y · appointed 2013-09-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLEN, Andrew Gary→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-06 · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
WILSON, Shirley→
secretary · resigned 2001-02-06
Resigned
GANMOR SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-12-01 · resigned 2013-09-02
Resigned
ALLEN, Andrew Gary→
director · ~76y · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
ALLEN, Peter John→
director · ~79y · resigned 2001-02-06
Resigned
ALLEN, Raymond Henry→
director · ~112y · resigned 1994-12-05
Resigned
ALLEN, Roger Bernard→
director · ~81y · resigned 2011-12-01
Resigned
TUCKER, Peter David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2011-12-01 · resigned 2013-09-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Property Lending
Property Lending LLP
A registered charge1 property09/07/2014—
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Recent filings (109 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-14
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-28