ABBIE PINE DESIGNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04220682 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-21

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

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year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£66.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 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 £66,041

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,614 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£66k

↓ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£162k

↓ 6.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£66.0k	£75.7k
Current assets	£161.9k	£173.8k
Net assets	£66.0k	£75.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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2023-03-06
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2022-03-21
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2021-03-10
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2020-03-16
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2019-03-25
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2018-03-26
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2017-06-02
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2017-06-02
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officers · TM02
2017-05-20
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BLAZIER, Mark Andrew appointed
secretary
2017-05-20
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BLAZIER, Shona Mclaren resigned
secretary
2017-03-25
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accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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2016-03-31
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2015-06-18
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2015-03-28
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2001-05-24
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BLAZIER, Derek John appointed
director
2001-05-24
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BLAZIER, Mark Andrew appointed
director
2001-05-24
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BLAZIER, Shona Mclaren appointed
secretary
2001-05-24
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
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2001-05-24
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
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2001-05-21
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Company incorporated
As ABBIE PINE DESIGNS LIMITED
2001-05-21
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BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
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2001-05-21
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BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
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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 25 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Derek John Blazier Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest	20/05/2017

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

Incorporated2001-05-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

Unit 214 Foley Industrial Estate

Lisle Avenue

Kidderminster

Worcestershire

DY11 7DL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-04

Last: 2025-05-21

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

BLAZIER, Mark Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2017-05-20

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Active

BLAZIER, Derek John→

director · ~60y · appointed 2001-05-24

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Active

BLAZIER, Mark Andrew→

director · ~56y · appointed 2001-05-24

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Active

BLAZIER, Shona Mclaren→

secretary · appointed 2001-05-24 · resigned 2017-05-20

Resigned

BRIGHTON SECRETARY LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2001-05-24

Resigned

BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-21 · resigned 2001-05-24

Resigned

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