ABBEY PROPERTIES (EYNSHAM) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03488319 · ltd · incorporated 1998-01-05
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
81 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees300500

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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  3. 2024-03-26
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-03-19
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    LEAHY, Damian Mark resigned
    director
  5. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-11-23
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2019-12-11
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  11. 2018-12-21
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  12. 2018-01-05
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-12-24
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    CRAIK, Robert Douglas resigned
    director
  14. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-02-01
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    LEAHY, Damian Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2008-01-04
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    CRAIK, Robert Douglas appointed
    director
  19. 2007-02-22
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    DODDS, Christopher Neville resigned
    director
  20. 1998-01-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY PROPERTIES (EYNSHAM) LIMITED
  21. 1998-01-05
    ➕
    HARRIS, Mervyn Frederick appointed
    secretary
  22. 1998-01-05
    ➕
    HARRIS, Mervyn Frederick appointed
    director
  23. 1998-01-05
    ➕
    PIMM, David Robert appointed
    director
  24. 1998-01-05
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-01-05
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1998-01-05
    ➕
    DODDS, Christopher Neville appointed
    director
  27. 1998-01-05
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1998-01-05
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Mervyn Frederick Harris
Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares23/11/2023
Mr David Robert Pimm
Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-01-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

1 Abbey Street
Eynsham
Oxfordshire
OX29 4TB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HARRIS, Mervyn Frederick→
secretary · appointed 1998-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRIS, Mervyn Frederick→
director · ~54y · appointed 1998-01-05
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Active
PIMM, David Robert→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-01-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-01-05
Resigned
CRAIK, Robert Douglas→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-01-04 · resigned 2017-12-24
Resigned
DODDS, Christopher Neville→
director · ~74y · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 2007-02-22
Resigned
LEAHY, Damian Mark→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-02-01 · resigned 2024-03-19
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-01-05 · resigned 1998-01-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-15
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accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-17