ABBEY SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED

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03135283 · ltd · incorporated 1995-12-07
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£186.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32300
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £186,482

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£186k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£194k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£39k£77k£116k£155k£194kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£186.5k£184.5k
Current assets£193.5k£192.6k
Cash—£10.5k
Debtors—£30.9k
Net assets£186.5k£181.5k

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
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-03-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2024-09-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 1995-12-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY SUPPLY COMPANY LIMITED
  17. 1995-12-07
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Lynette Karen appointed
    secretary
  18. 1995-12-07
    ➕
    MACDONALD, Christopher Charles appointed
    director
  19. 1995-12-07
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1995-12-07
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1995-12-07
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1995-12-07
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1995-12-07
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1995-12-07
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
Mr Christopher Charles Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Lynette Karen Macdonald
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32300 — SIC 32300

Registered office

7 Ventura Place
Upton Industrial Estate
Poole
Dorset
BH16 5SW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MACDONALD, Lynette Karen→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALD, Christopher Charles→
director · ~75y · appointed 1995-12-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-12-07 · resigned 1995-12-07
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-12-07 · resigned 1995-12-07
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-12-07 · resigned 1995-12-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2026-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-28