ALLBITS PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03799757 · ltd · incorporated 1999-07-02
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 26.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 26.7y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.7 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 (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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
67 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 800 | 800 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-09-03➖DAVIDSON, Kerry Ann resigneddirector
- 2020-05-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-05-29🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-05-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-05-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-05-17➕DAVIDSON, Kerry Ann appointeddirector
- 2000-07-07➖OSBORNE, John resigneddirector
- 1999-11-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 1999-07-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLBITS PLUMBING AND HEATING SUPPLIES LIMITED
- 1999-07-02➕DAVIDSON, Robert appointedsecretary
- 1999-07-02➕DAVIDSON, Jacqueline appointeddirector
- 1999-07-02➕DAVIDSON, Robert Edward appointeddirector
- 1999-07-02➕OSBORNE, John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Robert Edward Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 07/06/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-07-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
108 Cuxton Road
Strood
Rochester
Kent
ME2 2JA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-21
Last: 2026-06-07
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
DAVIDSON, Jacqueline→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 1999-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIDSON, Robert Edward→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 1999-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DAVIDSON, Kerry Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~40y · appointed 2013-05-17 · resigned 2020-09-03
OSBORNE, John→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1999-07-02 · resigned 2000-07-07
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/05/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/05/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/11/1999 | — |
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Recent filings (67 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-05-29