ABACUS SHUTTERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
03780661 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-01
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 May 2025
Net worth
£240.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33110
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33190SIC 33190
  • 33200SIC 33200
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 4 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
99 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £240,225
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£171k
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£240k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£410k
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£84k£167k£251k£335k£419kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£272.0k£208.8k
Current assets£409.9k£418.5k
Cash£171.3k£154.5k
Debtors£238.6k£264.0k
Net assets£240.2k£193.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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  2. 2025-06-02
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  3. 2024-09-13
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  4. 2023-10-10
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  5. 2022-12-22
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  6. 2021-10-14
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  7. 2021-06-15
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  8. 2021-06-02
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  9. 2021-06-02
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  10. 2021-06-02
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  11. 2021-06-02
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  12. 2021-04-28
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  13. 2020-12-17
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  14. 2020-01-07
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  15. 2019-12-05
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  16. 2019-12-05
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  17. 2019-12-05
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  18. 2019-07-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2017-06-01
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    ATKINS, Bryan Edward appointed
    director
  20. 2004-04-02
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    ROBINSON, Edward Owen resigned
    director
  21. 2003-09-01
    ➕
    ATKINS, David John appointed
    director
  22. 1999-06-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS SHUTTERS LTD
  23. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    ATKINS, Deborah Lee appointed
    secretary
  24. 1999-06-01
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Edward Owen appointed
    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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

Group structure

Abacus Group Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abacus Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABACUS SHUTTERS LTD
This company · 03780661

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Abacus Group Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/04/2019
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr David John Atkinsceased 25/04/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Deborah Lee Atkinsceased 25/04/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1999-06-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33110 — SIC 33110

Registered office

Lodge Park Lodge Lane
Langham
Colchester
Essex
CO4 5NE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-15
Last: 2026-06-01

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

ATKINS, Deborah Lee→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINS, Bryan Edward→
director · ~37y · appointed 2017-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINS, David John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-09-01
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Active
ROBINSON, Edward Owen→
director · ~92y · appointed 1999-06-01 · resigned 2004-04-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (99 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-02