F J ABBOTT & CO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04308252 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-22
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees400400

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-21
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  3. 2023-07-19
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  4. 2022-08-30
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  5. 2021-09-08
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    officers · TM02
  6. 2021-09-08
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    officers · AP03
  7. 2021-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-08-24
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    COOKE, Lisa appointed
    secretary
  10. 2021-08-24
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    ABBOTT, Pauline Margaret resigned
    secretary
  11. 2021-07-15
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    ABBOTT, Frank James resigned
    director
  12. 2020-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-08-28
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  14. 2018-08-29
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  15. 2017-08-21
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  16. 2016-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-11-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2001-11-01
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    ABBOTT, Steven Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    COOKE, Simon Richard appointed
    director
  20. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Pauline Margaret appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-11-01
    ➖
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Frank James appointed
    director
  23. 2001-11-01
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    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As F J ABBOTT & CO LIMITED
  25. 2001-10-22
    ➕
    PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2001-10-22
    ➕
    PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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
Simon Richard Cooke
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Steven Robert Abbott
Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

16 Allens Lane
Wells
Somerset
BA5 3NQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last: 2025-10-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

COOKE, Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2021-08-24
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Active
ABBOTT, Steven Robert→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-11-01
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Active
COOKE, Simon Richard→
director · ~59y · appointed 2001-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBOTT, Pauline Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2021-08-24
Resigned
PF & S (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-10-22 · resigned 2001-11-01
Resigned
ABBOTT, Frank James→
director · ~95y · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2021-07-15
Resigned
PF & S (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-10-22 · resigned 2001-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-09-08
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-03