ABBOTT & CO. (NEWARK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02833304 · ltd · incorporated 1993-07-06
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£7.60M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
84 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £7,595,125
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£3.5m
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£7.6m
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£8.4m
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1.7m£3.4m£5.1m£6.8m£8.4mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£7.71M£5.94M
Current assets£8.44M£8.13M
Cash£3.46M£3.95M
Debtors£705.1k£879.8k
Net assets£7.60M£5.91M

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2023-06-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-15
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2022-07-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2022-07-02
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    EDINBOROUGH, Heather Louise appointed
    director
  7. 2022-07-01
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    PRICE, John Harold resigned
    director
  8. 2022-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-10
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-07-01
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    DUFFY, Jonathan Richard appointed
    director
  14. 2018-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-02-07
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-07-09
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2015-03-31
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    VINTER, Neal Hugh resigned
    director
  20. 2003-05-15
    ➕
    PRICE, Alicia Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-05-15
    ➖
    MOULDS, Linda Rose resigned
    secretary
  22. 2003-05-15
    ➖
    MOULDS, Linda Rose resigned
    director
  23. 2001-03-26
    ➕
    MOULDS, Linda Rose appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-03-26
    ➖
    PRICE, Ann Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  25. 2001-03-26
    ➕
    MOULDS, Linda Rose appointed
    director
  26. 1993-07-08
    ➕
    PRICE, Henry Arthur Sebastian appointed
    director
  27. 1993-07-08
    ➕
    PRICE, Ann Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  28. 1993-07-08
    ➕
    PRICE, John Harold appointed
    director
  29. 1993-07-08
    ➕
    VINTER, Neal Hugh appointed
    director
  30. 1993-07-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTT & CO. (NEWARK) LIMITED
  31. 1993-07-06
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1993-07-06
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1993-07-06
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 1993-07-06
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Abbott & Co Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Abbott & Co Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ABBOTT & CO. (NEWARK) LIMITED
This company · 02833304

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Abbott & Co Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-07-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Newark Boiler Works
Northern Road
Newark
Notts
NG24 2EJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-20
Last: 2025-07-06

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

PRICE, Alicia Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUFFY, Jonathan Richard→
director · ~61y · appointed 2018-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDINBOROUGH, Heather Louise→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PRICE, Henry Arthur Sebastian→
director · ~54y · appointed 1993-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOULDS, Linda Rose→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-26 · resigned 2003-05-15
Resigned
PRICE, Ann Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1993-07-08 · resigned 2001-03-26
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-07-06 · resigned 1993-07-06
Resigned
MOULDS, Linda Rose→
director · ~77y · appointed 2001-03-26 · resigned 2003-05-15
Resigned
PRICE, John Harold→
director · ~94y · appointed 1993-07-08 · resigned 2022-07-01
Resigned
VINTER, Neal Hugh→
director · ~76y · appointed 1993-07-08 · resigned 2015-03-31
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-07-06 · resigned 1993-07-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-08