A. B. C. COACH LTD.

🌳Matureactive
04266846 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-08
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 23.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49390
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). 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

1 live charge · oldest 23.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
62 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees20001800

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-03-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-03-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-08-06
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  13. 2018-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AAMD
  15. 2017-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2002-10-30
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2001-08-08
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    Company incorporated
    As A. B. C. COACH LTD.
  18. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    BOWE, Gaynor appointed
    secretary
  19. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    BOWE, Gaynor appointed
    director
  20. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    BOWE, Stuart appointed
    director
  21. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-08-08
    ➖
    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gaynor Bowe
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control15/03/2024
Mr Stuart Bowe
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control31/01/2017

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
Incorporated2001-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

Unit 293 Swinton Hall Road
Pendlebury, Swinton
Manchester
M27 4DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BOWE, Gaynor→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-08
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Active
BOWE, Gaynor→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-08-08
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Active
BOWE, Stuart→
director · ~66y · appointed 2001-08-08
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Active
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-08 · resigned 2001-08-08
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property30/10/2002—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-15
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27