ABCROFT SWALLOW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03766167 · ltd · incorporated 1999-05-07
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 13.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43290Other construction installation
  • 43330Floor and wall covering
  • 71111Architectural activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

🏦

Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
79 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-21
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-01-18
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2021-08-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-26
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-07-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-11-03
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-05-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-05-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  16. 2013-06-30
    ➖
    ABELL MORLISS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2013-02-19
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Peter J Shone
  18. 2010-01-01
    ➕
    SHONE, Neil Peter, M appointed
    director
  19. 1999-05-15
    ➖
    BAYLISS, Pam resigned
    director
  20. 1999-05-10
    ➕
    SWALLOW, James Malcolm appointed
    director
  21. 1999-05-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABCROFT SWALLOW LIMITED
  22. 1999-05-07
    ➕
    ABELL MORLISS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 1999-05-07
    ➕
    BAYLISS, Pam appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SWALLOW" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Neil Peter Shone
Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Construction · E postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A BRO'S PROPERTY SERVICES LTD→
12057235 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
————6y——
A406 REFURBISHMENTS LTD→
16430221 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
AAA GAS SERVICES LTD→
13556017 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————4y——
AB DRYWALL INTERIORS LIMITED→
16966691 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
ABBEY & SON CONSTRUCTION LTD→
17112503 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
ABDUL BUILDER LTD→
16281202 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ABDUL KHADEER PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT LTD→
16862025 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ABEL&LARI LIMITED→
17107444 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
———————
ABERCROMBIE & WOOD ARCHITECTURAL AND BUILDING CONSULTANTS LTD→
15926611 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ABI BUILDING RENOVATION LTD→
15761344 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ABI STAR LTD→
12610116 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ABILASH PADINJATTEDATHU LTD→
15928138 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 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.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

128 Cannon Workshops
Cannon Drive
London
E14 4AS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

SHONE, Neil Peter, M→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWALLOW, James Malcolm→
director · ~70y · appointed 1999-05-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABELL MORLISS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-05-07 · resigned 2013-06-30
Resigned
BAYLISS, Pam→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-05-07 · resigned 1999-05-15
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Peter J Shone
Legal charge - security for van purchase1 property19/02/201315/05/2015

Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-20
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-01-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-07-12