ABBFAB SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02736698 · ltd · incorporated 1992-08-03
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 31.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Aug 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 31.9y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 31.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
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
90 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.

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
Metric2024-08-31
Average employees24

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-05-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-05-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2020-08-30
    ➖
    O CONNELL, Elaine resigned
    secretary
  12. 2019-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-06-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-05-25
    ➕
    ROSCOE, Wesley appointed
    director
  16. 2018-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2017-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2003-05-30
    ➖
    ROSCOE, Guiseppina resigned
    director
  20. 2002-02-21
    ➕
    O CONNELL, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  21. 2002-02-20
    ➖
    ROSCOE, Michael Stuart resigned
    secretary
  22. 1994-06-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 1992-09-08
    ➕
    ROSCOE, Michael Stuart appointed
    director
  24. 1992-09-08
    ➖
    KUMAR, Ashok resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1992-09-08
    ➕
    ROSCOE, Guiseppina appointed
    director
  26. 1992-09-08
    ➖
    BJ REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1992-09-01
    ➕
    ROSCOE, Michael Stuart appointed
    secretary
  28. 1992-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBFAB SERVICES LIMITED
  29. 1992-08-03
    ➕
    KUMAR, Ashok appointed
    nominee-secretary
  30. 1992-08-03
    ➕
    BJ REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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
Mr Mike Stuart Roscoe
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1992-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Abbfab Services Ltd Windley St
Mill Hill
Bolton
Lancashire
BL2 2AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-28
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

ROSCOE, Michael Stuart→
director · ~70y · appointed 1992-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ROSCOE, Wesley→
director · ~43y · appointed 2018-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KUMAR, Ashok→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-08-03 · resigned 1992-09-08
Resigned
O CONNELL, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-21 · resigned 2020-08-30
Resigned
ROSCOE, Michael Stuart→
secretary · appointed 1992-09-01 · resigned 2002-02-20
Resigned
ROSCOE, Guiseppina→
director · ~69y · appointed 1992-09-08 · resigned 2003-05-30
Resigned
BJ REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-08-03 · resigned 1992-09-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property08/06/1994—
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Recent filings (90 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-11-20