ABBEYGROVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03085451 · ltd · incorporated 1995-07-31
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-12.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 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
80
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 · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,558
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£6k
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
-£13k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
-£13k-£9k-£5k-£1k£2k£6kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£-12.6k£-12.4k
Cash£6.1k£5.1k
Net assets£-12.6k£-12.4k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-17
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  3. 2024-04-17
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  4. 2023-04-17
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  5. 2022-04-12
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  6. 2021-04-22
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  7. 2020-04-20
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  8. 2019-04-25
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  9. 2018-04-25
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  10. 2017-04-25
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  11. 2016-04-25
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  12. 2015-08-06
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  13. 2015-04-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-08-29
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  15. 2014-04-23
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    accounts · AA
  16. 1998-05-01
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    WOLFERSTAN, Rosamond Elizabeth Claire appointed
    secretary
  17. 1998-05-01
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    WOLFERSTAN, Rosamond Elizabeth Claire appointed
    director
  18. 1998-01-10
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    WATKINS, Heather resigned
    secretary
  19. 1998-01-10
    ➖
    WATKINS, Heather resigned
    director
  20. 1995-08-10
    ➖
    ST JAMES'S SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-08-10
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    ST JAMES'S DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1995-08-09
    ➕
    WOLFERSTAN, Roger appointed
    director
  23. 1995-08-09
    ➕
    WATKINS, Heather appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-08-09
    ➕
    WATKINS, Heather appointed
    director
  25. 1995-07-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYGROVE LIMITED
  26. 1995-07-31
    ➕
    ST JAMES'S SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1995-07-31
    ➕
    ST JAMES'S DIRECTORS 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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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
Mrs Rosamond Elizabeth Claire Wolferstan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Roger Wolferstan
Individual · British · DOB 11/1946 · age 80
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1995-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

222a High Street, Chesterton
Cambridge
Cambridgeshire
CB4 1NX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WOLFERSTAN, Rosamond Elizabeth Claire→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOLFERSTAN, Roger→
director · ~80y · appointed 1995-08-09
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Active
WOLFERSTAN, Rosamond Elizabeth Claire→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATKINS, Heather→
secretary · appointed 1995-08-09 · resigned 1998-01-10
Resigned
ST JAMES'S SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 1995-08-10
Resigned
WATKINS, Heather→
director · ~79y · appointed 1995-08-09 · resigned 1998-01-10
Resigned
ST JAMES'S DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-07-31 · resigned 1995-08-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (79 total)

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2026-04-20
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2025-08-14
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2025-04-17
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2024-08-07
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2024-04-17
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2023-08-05
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2023-04-17
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2022-08-07
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2022-04-12
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2021-08-03
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2021-04-22
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2020-08-11
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2020-04-20
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2019-08-02
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accounts · AA
2019-04-25