ABBEY ROOFING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03592815 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-06
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 9.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£218.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 9.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £218,751
Cash YoY
+22%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£177k
↑ 22% YoY
Net Worth
£219k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£312k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £223.2k | £181.3k |
| Current assets | £312.1k | £312.5k |
| Cash | £176.5k | £144.2k |
| Debtors | £122.3k | £145.6k |
| Net assets | £218.8k | £155.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2016-04-06➕SIMPSON, Craig Geoffrey appointeddirector
- 2011-07-21➖BEAUCHAMP, Melvina Stephanie resigneddirector
- 1998-07-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY ROOFING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
- 1998-07-06➕BEAUCHAMP, Clifford Brian appointedsecretary
- 1998-07-06➕BEAUCHAMP, Clifford Brian appointeddirector
- 1998-07-06➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 1998-07-06➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 1998-07-06➕BEAUCHAMP, Melvina Stephanie appointeddirector
- 1998-07-06➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
- 1998-07-06➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Clifford Brian Beauchamp Individual · English · DOB 10/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities
Registered office
Unit 24 Stanley Court
Richard Jones Road
Witney
Oxon
OX29 0TB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
BEAUCHAMP, Clifford Brian→
Activesecretary · appointed 1998-07-06
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BEAUCHAMP, Clifford Brian→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 1998-07-06
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SIMPSON, Craig Geoffrey→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2016-04-06
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GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-06 · resigned 1998-07-06
BEAUCHAMP, Melvina Stephanie→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 1998-07-06 · resigned 2011-07-21
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1998-07-06 · resigned 1998-07-06
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 04/08/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (78 total)
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2025-09-23
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2025-08-13
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2025-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
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2023-09-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-24