ABBEY INTERNATIONAL EVENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
03465424 · ltd · incorporated 1997-11-13
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£414.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
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 £414,726

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£109k
Net Worth
£415k
Current Assets
£563k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£113k£225k£338k£450k£563kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£414.7k—
Current assets£562.6k—
Cash£109.4k—
Debtors£453.2k—
Net assets£414.7k—
Average employees—300

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-04-08
    ➕
    ALJOE, Sally appointed
    director
  7. 2023-08-18
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-08-01
    ➕
    ALJOE, James Mark appointed
    director
  9. 2023-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-06-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-05-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2018-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-10-20
    ➖
    ALJOE, Anthony Coade resigned
    director
  20. 1999-12-01
    ➕
    ALJOE, Anthony Coade appointed
    director
  21. 1997-11-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY INTERNATIONAL EVENTS LTD
  22. 1997-11-13
    ➕
    ALJOE, Sally Janet appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-11-13
    ➕
    ALJOE, Mark Coade appointed
    director
  24. 1997-11-13
    ➕
    ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-11-13
    ➖
    ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1997-11-13
    ➕
    ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1997-11-13
    ➖
    ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ALJOE, James Mark (same surname) appointed 2023-08-01. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mr Mark Coade Aljoe
Individual · English · DOB 09/1959 · age 67
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-11-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

9a Burroughs Gardens
London
NW4 4AU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ALJOE, Sally Janet→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALJOE, James Mark→
director · ~37y · appointed 2023-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALJOE, Mark Coade→
director · ~67y · appointed 1997-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALJOE, Sally→
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ACCESS REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-11-13 · resigned 1997-11-13
Resigned
ALJOE, Anthony Coade→
director · ~96y · appointed 1999-12-01 · resigned 2016-10-20
Resigned
ACCESS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-11-13 · resigned 1997-11-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-28