ABBYFIELD CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04049172 · ltd · incorporated 2000-08-03

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

—

year to Dec 2024

Net worth

£124.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £124,302

Cash YoY

+443%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£10k

↑ 443% YoY

Net Worth

£124k

↑ 88% YoY

Current Assets

£24k

↑ 191% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Total assets	£130.5k	£76.9k
Current assets	£24.3k	£8.3k
Cash	£10.4k	£1.9k
Debtors	£12.1k	£4.9k
Net assets	£124.3k	£66.0k

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-30
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2021-10-01
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2019-09-27
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2019-05-14
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officers · AP01
2019-05-14
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officers · TM02
2018-09-27
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JOHNSON, Eileen Laura resigned
secretary
2018-09-11
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accounts · AA
2018-06-01
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JOHNSON, Stephen Grant appointed
director
2017-09-29
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2015-08-30
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2000-08-03
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Company incorporated
As ABBYFIELD CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
2000-08-03
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JOHNSON, Grant Neville appointed
director
2000-08-03
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JOHNSON, Eileen Laura appointed
secretary
2000-08-03
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READYMADE SECRETARIES LTD appointed
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2000-08-03
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READYMADE SECRETARIES LTD resigned
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2000-08-03
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READYMADE NOMINEES LTD appointed
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2000-08-03
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READYMADE NOMINEES LTD resigned
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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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Grant Neville Johnson Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2000-08-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Copley Dene

Churchwood Penygarn

Pontypool

Torfaen

NP4 8DD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

JOHNSON, Grant Neville→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-08-03

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Active

JOHNSON, Stephen Grant→

director · ~36y · appointed 2018-06-01

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Active

JOHNSON, Eileen Laura→

secretary · appointed 2000-08-03 · resigned 2018-09-27

Resigned

READYMADE SECRETARIES LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-08-03 · resigned 2000-08-03

Resigned

READYMADE NOMINEES LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-08-03 · resigned 2000-08-03

Resigned

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