ABER ROOF TRUSS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03521094 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-03

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 27.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46130

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 27.3y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

12 officers (5 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

110 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	1900	1800

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (44 events)Click to expand

2025-07-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-03-10
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-03-10
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-09-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-03
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-09-03
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Charge satisfied #3
2022-09-03
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Charge satisfied #2
2022-09-03
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-08-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-01-27
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2021-01-27
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2020-11-18
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DUNBEBIN, Keith resigned
director
2020-11-02
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EDWARDS, Christopher appointed
director
2020-06-18
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-03-12
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-03-29
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EDWARDS, Christopher David resigned
director
2014-09-15
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EDWARDS, Christopher David appointed
director
2011-03-31
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DUNBEBIN, Keith resigned
secretary
2005-06-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2005-06-15
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2004-01-31
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DUNBEBIN, Keith appointed
secretary
2002-12-02
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BEESLEY, Stuart Bruce appointed
director
2002-12-02
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HOPKINS, David Christopher appointed
director
2002-11-20
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HOPKINS, William David appointed
secretary
2002-11-20
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HOPKINS, Jill resigned
secretary
2001-07-05
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HOPKINS, Jill resigned
director
2000-01-01
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DUNBEBIN, Keith appointed
director
1998-12-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1998-03-03
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Company incorporated
As ABER ROOF TRUSS LIMITED
1998-03-03
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HOPKINS, William David appointed
director
1998-03-03
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HOPKINS, Jill appointed
secretary
1998-03-03
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-03
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1998-03-03
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HOPKINS, Jill appointed
director
1998-03-03
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1998-03-03
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr William David Hopkins Individual · British · DOB 10/1944 · age 82	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr David Christopher Hopkins Individual · British · DOB 10/1982 · age 44	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated1998-03-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

Adjacent To Go Kart Site Off Babbage Road

Sandycroft

Deeside

Flintshire

CH5 2QD

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-17

Last: 2026-03-03