ABBEY WINDOWS DOORS AND CONSERVATORIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03299746 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-08
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£659.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 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 £659,837

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£660k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Current Assets
£35k
↑ 3853% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£944£131k£263k£396k£528k£660kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£713.3k£682.7k
Current assets£35.4k£-944
Net assets£659.8k£646.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  2. 2026-04-09
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  3. 2026-03-13
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  4. 2026-01-08
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  5. 2025-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2025-01-23
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  7. 2024-01-25
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  8. 2023-01-31
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  9. 2022-01-31
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  10. 2021-01-29
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  11. 2020-01-22
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  12. 2019-01-22
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  13. 2018-01-25
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  14. 2018-01-24
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  15. 2018-01-24
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  16. 2017-01-31
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  17. 1997-01-29
    ➕
    GREENFIELD, Hilary Jayne appointed
    secretary
  18. 1997-01-29
    ➕
    GREENFIELD, David Neville appointed
    director
  19. 1997-01-29
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 1997-01-29
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 1997-01-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY WINDOWS DOORS AND CONSERVATORIES LIMITED
  22. 1997-01-08
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-01-08
    ➕
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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
David Neville Greenfield
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/01/2017
Mrs Hilary Jayne Greenfield
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares08/01/2017

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
Incorporated1997-01-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

107 Cleethorpe Road
Grimsby
North East Lincolnshire
DN31 3ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-22
Last: 2026-01-08

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GREENFIELD, Hilary Jayne→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-29
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Active
GREENFIELD, David Neville→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-01-29
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Active
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-08 · resigned 1997-01-29
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-01-08 · resigned 1997-01-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-10
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accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
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accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
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accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05