ABBEYWOOD HOUSECARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04107316 · ltd · incorporated 2000-11-14
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 13.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.62M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 13.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 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 £1,622,154

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.6m
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-26
Total assets£1.62M
Net assets£1.62M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-12-26
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  3. 2025-04-25
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  4. 2024-12-26
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
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  5. 2024-03-27
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  6. 2023-12-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-03-29
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  8. 2022-12-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-04-29
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  10. 2021-12-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  11. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-30
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  13. 2018-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-02-05
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  17. 2013-01-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  18. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    GLANVILE, Francesca Vanda appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    STRANGE, Clifford Derek appointed
    director
  20. 2001-01-01
    ➕
    STRANGE, Philippa Wanda appointed
    director
  21. 2001-01-01
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-01-01
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2000-11-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYWOOD HOUSECARE LIMITED
  24. 2000-11-14
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-11-14
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Philippa Wanda Strange
Individual · British · DOB 11/1951 · age 75
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Clifford Derek Strange
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Greenacres
Heath Lane Tedburn St Mary
Exeter
Devon
EX6 6AG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last made up to: 2025-03-26
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GLANVILE, Francesca Vanda→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-01
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Active
STRANGE, Clifford Derek→
director · ~67y · appointed 2001-01-01
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Active
STRANGE, Philippa Wanda→
director · ~75y · appointed 2001-01-01
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Active
CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-11-14 · resigned 2001-01-01
Resigned
CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-11-14 · resigned 2001-01-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property05/02/2013—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property23/01/2013—
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Recent filings (73 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-29