ABBEY COACHWORKS (U.K.) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02795372 · ltd · incorporated 1993-03-03
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 32.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

1 live charge · oldest 32.8y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.8 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 (56/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 5 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
106 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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-04-21
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  3. 2023-04-19
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  4. 2022-04-25
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  5. 2021-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  6. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-02-10
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-02-01
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2016-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2015-03-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 1999-03-04
    ➕
    CALVERT, Patricia appointed
    secretary
  17. 1999-03-04
    ➖
    CF RECOVERY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 1998-04-01
    ➕
    CALVERT, Philip Colling appointed
    director
  19. 1998-03-31
    ➖
    CALVERT, Patricia resigned
    secretary
  20. 1998-03-31
    ➕
    CF RECOVERY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1996-03-14
    ➕
    CALVERT, Patricia appointed
    secretary
  22. 1996-03-14
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    CALVERT, William Michael resigned
    secretary
  23. 1996-03-14
    ➖
    CALVERT, William Michael resigned
    director
  24. 1995-11-08
    ➖
    MORALEE, David resigned
    director
  25. 1994-04-06
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    MORALEE, David appointed
    director
  26. 1993-11-06
    ➖
    BELL, Keith William resigned
    director
  27. 1993-06-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  28. 1993-03-10
    ➕
    CALVERT, Frederick Alexander appointed
    director
  29. 1993-03-10
    ➕
    CALVERT, William Michael appointed
    secretary
  30. 1993-03-10
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1993-03-10
    ➕
    BELL, Keith William appointed
    director
  32. 1993-03-10
    ➕
    CALVERT, William Michael appointed
    director
  33. 1993-03-10
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1993-03-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY COACHWORKS (U.K.) LIMITED
  35. 1993-03-03
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1993-03-03
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES 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 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 75 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 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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 Frederick Alexander Calvert
Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1993-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Units 1-6 Chainbridge North
Blaydon On Tyne
Tyne And Wear
NE21 5SR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

CALVERT, Patricia→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-04
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Active
CALVERT, Frederick Alexander→
director · ~75y · appointed 1993-03-10
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Active
CALVERT, Philip Colling→
director · ~52y · appointed 1998-04-01
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Active
CALVERT, Patricia→
secretary · appointed 1996-03-14 · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
CALVERT, William Michael→
secretary · appointed 1993-03-10 · resigned 1996-03-14
Resigned
CF RECOVERY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1998-03-31 · resigned 1999-03-04
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-03-03 · resigned 1993-03-10
Resigned
BELL, Keith William→
director · ~75y · appointed 1993-03-10 · resigned 1993-11-06
Resigned
CALVERT, William Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 1993-03-10 · resigned 1996-03-14
Resigned
MORALEE, David→
director · ~63y · appointed 1994-04-06 · resigned 1995-11-08
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-03-03 · resigned 1993-03-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Debenture1 property23/06/1993—
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Recent filings (106 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-31