ABERCORN CORPORATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03339517 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-25
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.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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 (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
80 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £100
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£100
~ YoY
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£20£40£60£80£100Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£100£100
Cash£100£100
Debtors£0£0
Net assets£100£100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
7
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-03-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-03-18
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2026-03-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-03-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-04-01
    ➕
    HILLING, Lesley Maxine appointed
    director
  17. 2010-03-20
    ➖
    HILLING, April resigned
    secretary
  18. 2010-03-20
    ➖
    HILLING, April resigned
    director
  19. 1997-04-29
    ➕
    HILLING, Rodney Westbrook appointed
    director
  20. 1997-04-29
    ➕
    HILLING, April appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-04-29
    ➕
    HILLING, Rodney appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-04-29
    ➖
    HILLING, Rodney resigned
    secretary
  23. 1997-04-29
    ➖
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-04-29
    ➕
    HILLING, April appointed
    director
  25. 1997-04-29
    ➖
    FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1997-03-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABERCORN CORPORATION LIMITED
  27. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1997-03-25
    ➕
    FIRST 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 29 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 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Rodney Westbrook Hilling
Individual · British · DOB 02/1946 · age 80
50–75%
—50-75% shares10/03/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Rodney Westbrook Hillingceased 01/01/2026· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated1997-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

25 Langley Lane
London
London
SW8 1TJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

HILLING, Lesley Maxine→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILLING, Rodney Westbrook→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-04-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HILLING, April→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-29 · resigned 2010-03-20
Resigned
HILLING, Rodney→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-29 · resigned 1997-04-29
Resigned
FIRST SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-25 · resigned 1997-04-29
Resigned
HILLING, April→
director · ~55y · appointed 1997-04-29 · resigned 2010-03-20
Resigned
FIRST DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-25 · resigned 1997-04-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-03-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-28