ABBEY' STONE & MASONRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03886265 · ltd · incorporated 1999-11-30

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Nov 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Average employees	300	300

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-07-30
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2024-08-23
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2023-08-30
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accounts · AA
2022-08-24
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accounts · AA
2021-07-26
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accounts · AA
2020-08-28
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accounts · AA
2020-03-12
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ABBOTT, Caron Lynda appointed
director
2020-03-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-03-12
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officers · AP01
2020-03-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-19
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WOODWARD, Robert George resigned
director
2020-02-19
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officers · TM01
2019-05-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-08-24
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accounts · AA
2017-08-08
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accounts · AA
2016-08-23
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accounts · AA
2015-12-01
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1999-12-01
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ABBOTT, David Roy appointed
secretary
1999-12-01
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WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-11-30
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY' STONE & MASONRY LIMITED
1999-11-30
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ABBOTT, David Roy appointed
director
1999-11-30
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WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1999-11-30
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WOODWARD, Robert George 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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 60. 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Caron Lynda Abbott Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	12/03/2020
Mr David Roy Abbott Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Robert George Woodwardceased 19/02/2020· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1999-11-30

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

8 Paddington Way

Morton

Bourne

Lincolnshire

PE10 0PS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-14

Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ABBOTT, David Roy→

secretary · appointed 1999-12-01

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Active

ABBOTT, Caron Lynda→

director · ~55y · appointed 2020-03-12

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Active

ABBOTT, David Roy→

director · ~60y · appointed 1999-11-30

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Active

WHITE ROSE FORMATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-11-30 · resigned 1999-12-01

Resigned

WOODWARD, Robert George→

director · ~61y · appointed 1999-11-30 · resigned 2020-02-19

Resigned

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