ABBEY DESIGN DISPLAY AND EXHIBITIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04267976 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-09
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£1.18M
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 14.3y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 14.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
70 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,179,716

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
Net Worth
£1.2m
Current Assets
£360k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£236k£472k£708k£944k£1.2mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£1.19M—
Current assets£359.5k—
Cash£4.2k—
Debtors£355.3k—
Net assets£1.18M—
Average employees—0

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-12-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-07-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2016-07-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  13. 2016-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2014-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-10-20
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-03-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  18. 2012-01-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  19. 2010-03-29
    ➕
    DIXON, Warren Alan appointed
    director
  20. 2010-03-29
    ➖
    MYATT, Gina resigned
    secretary
  21. 2010-03-29
    ➖
    MYATT, David John resigned
    director
  22. 2010-03-29
    ➖
    MYATT, Gina resigned
    director
  23. 2003-05-22
    ➕
    MYATT, Gina appointed
    director
  24. 2001-10-04
    ➕
    MYATT, Gina appointed
    secretary
  25. 2001-10-04
    ➖
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-10-04
    ➕
    MYATT, David John appointed
    director
  27. 2001-10-04
    ➖
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2001-08-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY DESIGN DISPLAY AND EXHIBITIONS LIMITED
  29. 2001-08-09
    ➕
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-08-09
    ➕
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Adde (Redditch) Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Adde (Redditch) Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ABBEY DESIGN DISPLAY AND EXHIBITIONS LIMITED
This company · 04267976

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Adde (Redditch) Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-08-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Calloose Caravan Park 16 Calloose Lane W
Leedstown
Hayle
Cornwall
TR27 5ET
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

DIXON, Warren Alan→
director · ~57y · appointed 2010-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MYATT, Gina→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-04 · resigned 2010-03-29
Resigned
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-09 · resigned 2001-10-04
Resigned
MYATT, David John→
director · ~71y · appointed 2001-10-04 · resigned 2010-03-29
Resigned
MYATT, Gina→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-05-22 · resigned 2010-03-29
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-09 · resigned 2001-10-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property11/07/2016—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Legal mortgage2 properties08/03/2012—
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property24/01/2012—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-02-18