AABAT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03654666 · ltd · incorporated 1998-10-22
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 24.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£33.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 24.9y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
12 officers (4 active, 12 linked, 8 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
93 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £33,566
Net assets shrinking
Down £375 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£34k
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£53k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£24k£36k£48k£60kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£33.6k£33.9k
Current assets£52.7k£60.2k
Net assets£33.6k£33.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  3. 2023-08-17
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2023-08-01
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    HIND, Declan John appointed
    director
  5. 2023-08-01
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    HIND, Sean Luke appointed
    director
  6. 2023-08-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-07-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-11-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-10-01
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    BROWN, Jacqueline resigned
    director
  13. 2019-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-10-25
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-10-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2015-04-21
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    BROWN, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  20. 2012-03-12
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    MACKENLEY, William Harold resigned
    director
  21. 2010-08-18
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    AABAT LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  22. 2010-08-02
    ➕
    MACKENLEY, William Harold appointed
    director
  23. 2010-08-02
    ➕
    AABAT LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2010-07-21
    ➖
    ALLANSON, John resigned
    director
  25. 2010-07-21
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    MCDONAGH, Joseph resigned
    director
  26. 2001-07-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  27. 2001-02-08
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    MACKENLEY, William Harold resigned
    director
  28. 2001-02-08
    ➕
    MCDONAGH, Joseph appointed
    director
  29. 1998-10-29
    ➕
    HALLIDAY, David Gordon appointed
    secretary
  30. 1998-10-29
    ➕
    HALLIDAY, David Gordon appointed
    director
  31. 1998-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AABAT LIMITED
  32. 1998-10-22
    ➕
    BLACKFRIAR SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 1998-10-22
    ➖
    BLACKFRIAR SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 1998-10-22
    ➕
    ALLANSON, John appointed
    director
  35. 1998-10-22
    ➕
    MACKENLEY, William Harold appointed
    director
  36. 1998-10-22
    ➕
    BLACKFRIAR DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 1998-10-22
    ➖
    BLACKFRIAR DIRECTORS 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 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 David Gordon Halliday
Individual · British · DOB 05/1947 · age 79
——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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

17 Tenters Street Newgate Street
Bishop Auckland
DL14 7EG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (4 active · 8 resigned)

HALLIDAY, David Gordon→
secretary · appointed 1998-10-29
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Active
HALLIDAY, David Gordon→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-10-29
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Active
HIND, Declan John→
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-08-01
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Active
HIND, Sean Luke→
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLACKFRIAR SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-10-22 · resigned 1998-10-22
Resigned
ALLANSON, John→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-10-22 · resigned 2010-07-21
Resigned
BROWN, Jacqueline→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-04-21 · resigned 2019-10-01
Resigned
MACKENLEY, William Harold→
director · ~82y · appointed 2010-08-02 · resigned 2012-03-12
Resigned
MACKENLEY, William Harold→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-10-22 · resigned 2001-02-08
Resigned
MCDONAGH, Joseph→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-02-08 · resigned 2010-07-21
Resigned
AABAT LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2010-08-02 · resigned 2010-08-18
Resigned
BLACKFRIAR DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-10-22 · resigned 1998-10-22
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property04/07/2001—
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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-07