ABINGDON STONE & MARBLE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03790715 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-16
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£260.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.8y

50/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £260,867
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£63k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£261k
↑ 21% YoY
Current Assets
£128k
↓ 27% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£52k£104k£157k£209k£261kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£284.1k£227.3k
Current assets£128.4k£174.7k
Cash£63.1k£63.4k
Debtors£57.8k£72.1k
Net assets£260.9k£216.3k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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  2. 2024-12-24
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  3. 2024-04-26
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    HARRIS, Matthew Grant appointed
    director
  4. 2024-04-26
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  5. 2023-12-22
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  6. 2022-12-23
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  7. 2021-12-31
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  8. 2021-03-31
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  9. 2019-12-30
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  10. 2018-08-16
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  11. 2017-12-28
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  12. 2016-10-31
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  13. 2016-06-27
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  14. 2015-12-24
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  15. 2015-06-18
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  16. 2014-08-29
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  17. 2014-06-24
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  18. 2001-03-29
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2000-08-04
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    WATLING, Peter John resigned
    nominee-director
  20. 1999-08-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  21. 1999-06-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ABINGDON STONE & MARBLE LIMITED
  22. 1999-06-16
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Martin John appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-06-16
    ➕
    HARRIS, Michael appointed
    director
  24. 1999-06-16
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    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-06-16
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    CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-06-16
    ➕
    WATLING, Peter John appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 1999-06-16
    ➕
    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1999-06-16
    ➖
    CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — HARRIS, Matthew Grant (same surname) appointed 2024-04-26. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 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.
  • 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 Harris
Individual · British · DOB 04/1948 · age 78
75–100%
—75-100% shares16/06/2016

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
Incorporated1999-06-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

161a Ock Street
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX14 5DL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last: 2025-06-16

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Martin John→
secretary · appointed 1999-06-16
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Active
HARRIS, Matthew Grant→
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-04-26
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Active
HARRIS, Michael→
director · ~78y · appointed 1999-06-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CFL SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-06-16 · resigned 1999-06-16
Resigned
WATLING, Peter John→
nominee-director · ~70y · appointed 1999-06-16 · resigned 2000-08-04
Resigned
CFL DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-06-16 · resigned 1999-06-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property29/03/2001—
outstanding
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/08/1999—
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Recent filings (63 total)

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2026-03-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-05
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accounts · AA
2024-12-24
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-25
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officers · AP01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-29
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accounts · AA
2021-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-18