ABBOTSCROFT HOLDINGS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03634847 · ltd · incorporated 1998-09-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£1.13M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 20.9y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,130,864
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£133k
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 4.1% YoY
Current Assets
£133k
↑ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.21M | £1.17M |
| Current assets | £133.0k | £114.8k |
| Cash | £133.0k | £111.9k |
| Debtors | £0 | £2.9k |
| Net assets | £1.13M | £1.09M |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-06📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2023-12-05📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-05-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-05-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2012-05-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-04-20🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2008-04-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-07-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1999-11-13➕THORPE, Jason appointedsecretary
- 1999-11-13➖THORPE, Patricia resignedsecretary
- 1998-11-11➕THORPE, Cyril appointeddirector
- 1998-11-11➖SCOTT, Stephen John resignednominee-secretary
- 1998-11-11➕THORPE, Patricia appointedsecretary
- 1998-11-11➖SCOTT, Jacqueline resignednominee-director
- 1998-09-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBOTSCROFT HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 1998-09-18➕SCOTT, Stephen John appointednominee-secretary
- 1998-09-18➕SCOTT, Jacqueline appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Cyril Thorpe Individual · British · DOB 10/1941 · age 85 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
The Gate House, 1 Lodge Court Hollins Hall, Lund Lane
Killinghall
Harrogate
HG3 2WX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
THORPE, Cyril→
Activedirector · ~85y · appointed 1998-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SCOTT, Stephen John→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1998-09-18 · resigned 1998-11-11
THORPE, Patricia→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1998-11-11 · resigned 1999-11-13
SCOTT, Jacqueline→
Resignednominee-director · ~75y · appointed 1998-09-18 · resigned 1998-11-11
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 01/04/2008 | 20/04/2012 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A standard security which was presented for registration in scotland on 4 august 2005 and | 1 property | 20/07/2005 | 02/05/2012 |
Recent filings (81 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-12-06
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08