ACTON BRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03263955 · ltd · incorporated 1996-10-16
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2018
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
63/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed dormant / non-trading — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 63/100 (worth a look), bankability 50/100. Strong seller-intent signal (65/100, director aged 60). Biggest value-creation lever: File overdue accounts. Clears statutory overdue flag — immediate bankability uplift for refinance conversations. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100). Current lenders should be on monthly review.

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 29.3y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.3 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 (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
63/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
45
Concerning — overdue filings or status flags present.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
49
Multiple red flags — proceed with caution.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2017Oct 2018

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2018-10-312017-10-31

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 (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2025-08-29
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-08-29
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    restoration-order-of-court
    restoration · AC92
  4. 2023-10-25
    ➖
    MARTIN, Graham Raymond resigned
    secretary
  5. 2023-10-25
    ➖
    MARTIN, Graham Raymond resigned
    director
  6. 2020-03-24
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    gazette-dissolved-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ2
  7. 2020-01-07
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2019-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-02-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2016-02-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2016-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2016-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2015-10-19
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2015-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2014-10-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2014-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-10-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  22. 2013-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2013-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  24. 2012-10-16
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  25. 2001-03-05
    ➕
    MARTIN, Philip appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-03-05
    ➕
    MARTIN, Christopher Andrew appointed
    director
  27. 2001-03-05
    ➕
    MARTIN, Philip appointed
    director
  28. 2001-03-05
    ➖
    MARTIN, Grace resigned
    director
  29. 1998-12-17
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  30. 1997-02-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  31. 1996-10-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ACTON BRIDGE DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED
  32. 1996-10-16
    ➕
    MARTIN, Graham Raymond appointed
    secretary
  33. 1996-10-16
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1996-10-16
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 1996-10-16
    ➕
    MARTIN, Grace appointed
    director
  36. 1996-10-16
    ➕
    MARTIN, Graham Raymond appointed
    director
  37. 1996-10-16
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  38. 1996-10-16
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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.

Red flags

2 high ·
Accounts overdue
high

Statutory accounts have not been filed by their due date. Can indicate admin breakdown, cash preservation, or deliberate delay.

Evidence: Next due: 2020-07-31

Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2019-10-30

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Grace Martin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1939 · age 87
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Graham Raymond Martin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1940 · age 86
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Incorporated1996-10-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

Road Beta
Brooks Lane Industrial Estate
Middlewich
Cheshire
CW10 0JG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2020-07-31OVERDUE
Last made up to: 2018-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2019-10-30OVERDUE
Last: 2018-10-16

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

MARTIN, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-05
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Active
MARTIN, Christopher Andrew→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Philip→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Graham Raymond→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-16 · resigned 2023-10-25
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-10-16 · resigned 1996-10-16
Resigned
MARTIN, Grace→
director · ~87y · appointed 1996-10-16 · resigned 2001-03-05
Resigned
MARTIN, Graham Raymond→
director · ~86y · appointed 1996-10-16 · resigned 2023-10-25
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-10-16 · resigned 1996-10-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property17/12/1998—
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property20/02/1997—
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Recent filings (73 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-29
restoration-order-of-court
restoration · AC92
2025-08-29
gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2020-03-24
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2018-06-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2017-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2017-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2016-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2016-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-02-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2016-02-19
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2016-02-19