ABBEYVALE BUILDERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03105593 · ltd · incorporated 1995-09-22

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other construction installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43310Plastering
43320Joinery installation
43390Other building completion and finishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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 17.0y

45/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-06-12
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2024-06-17
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2023-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
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accounts · AA
2019-06-20
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accounts · AA
2018-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-06-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-12
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-08-29
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annual-return · AR01
2014-06-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2013-10-24
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annual-return · AR01
2009-06-09
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1995-10-31
➕
SYKES, Debra Anne appointed
secretary
1995-10-31
➖
FINNERAN, Kenneth Thomas resigned
director
1995-09-25
➕
SYKES, Mark Edmund appointed
director
1995-09-25
➖
CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-09-25
➕
FINNERAN, Kenneth Thomas appointed
director
1995-09-25
➖
CREDITREFORM (ENGLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1995-09-22
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Company incorporated
As ABBEYVALE BUILDERS LIMITED
1995-09-22
➕
CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-09-22
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CREDITREFORM (ENGLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Edmund Sykes Individual · English · DOB 09/1964 · age 62	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1995-09-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

49 Duchess Drive

Newmarket

Suffolk

CB8 8AJ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-09

Last: 2025-08-26

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SYKES, Debra Anne→

secretary · appointed 1995-10-31

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Active

SYKES, Mark Edmund→

director · ~62y · appointed 1995-09-25

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Active

CREDITREFORM LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-09-22 · resigned 1995-09-25

Resigned

FINNERAN, Kenneth Thomas→

director · ~64y · appointed 1995-09-25 · resigned 1995-10-31

Resigned

CREDITREFORM (ENGLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-09-22 · resigned 1995-09-25

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	09/06/2009	—

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