A.B.C. ROOFING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03689845 · ltd · incorporated 1998-12-29
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£83
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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, 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £83
Net assets shrinking
Down £220 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£83
↓ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£40k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£12k£23k£35k£47k£58kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£83£303
Current assets£40.3k£58.1k
Net assets£83£303

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-09-30
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  3. 2023-09-29
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  4. 2022-09-28
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  5. 2021-09-30
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  6. 2021-07-29
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    officers · TM01
  7. 2021-07-27
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-07-24
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    PENNEY, Stephanie Jane resigned
    director
  9. 2021-07-23
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    PENNEY, Harry appointed
    director
  10. 2020-12-19
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  11. 2019-12-04
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  12. 2019-09-25
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  13. 2018-05-31
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  14. 2017-09-27
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  15. 2016-09-30
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  16. 2016-02-12
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  17. 2016-02-03
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2016-02-01
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    PENNEY, Stephanie Jane appointed
    director
  19. 2016-01-01
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    PENNEY, Claire resigned
    secretary
  20. 1998-12-29
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    Company incorporated
    As A.B.C. ROOFING LIMITED
  21. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    PENNEY, Michael appointed
    director
  22. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    COSIC, Katherine Grace appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-12-29
    ➖
    COSIC, Katherine Grace resigned
    secretary
  24. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    PENNEY, Claire appointed
    secretary
  25. 1998-12-29
    ➕
    BARR, Angela appointed
    director
  26. 1998-12-29
    ➖
    BARR, Angela resigned
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — PENNEY, Harry (same surname) appointed 2021-07-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Penny
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
75–100%
—75-100% shares29/12/2016

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
Incorporated1998-12-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

358 Hounslow Road
Hanworth
Middlesex
TW13 5JW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-12
Last: 2025-12-29

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

PENNEY, Harry→
director · ~31y · appointed 2021-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PENNEY, Michael→
director · ~58y · appointed 1998-12-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSIC, Katherine Grace→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-29 · resigned 1998-12-29
Resigned
PENNEY, Claire→
secretary · appointed 1998-12-29 · resigned 2016-01-01
Resigned
BARR, Angela→
director · ~82y · appointed 1998-12-29 · resigned 1998-12-29
Resigned
PENNEY, Stephanie Jane→
director · ~35y · appointed 2016-02-01 · resigned 2021-07-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-07-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-02