ABBEY SUPPORT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04310690 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-25
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£82.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £82,684
Net assets shrinking
Down £72,418 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£83k
↓ 47% YoY
Current Assets
£168k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£34k£67k£101k£134k£168kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£82.7k£155.1k
Current assets£167.6k£131.0k
Net assets£82.7k£155.1k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-20
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  4. 2023-07-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2023-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-14
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    COUTTS-MELBOURNE, Sally Joanne appointed
    director
  7. 2022-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-10-29
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    officers · AP03
  10. 2020-10-29
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    officers · TM02
  11. 2020-10-28
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    COUTTS-MELBOURNE, Sally Joanne appointed
    secretary
  12. 2020-10-28
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    MELBOURNE, Howard Sigurd resigned
    secretary
  13. 2020-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  14. 2019-06-13
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  15. 2018-06-01
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  16. 2017-02-16
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  17. 2016-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-11-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2001-10-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY SUPPORT LIMITED
  20. 2001-10-25
    ➕
    MELBOURNE, Anthony Marcus appointed
    director
  21. 2001-10-25
    ➕
    MELBOURNE, Howard Sigurd appointed
    secretary

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 63. 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.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Sally Joanne Coutts-Melbourne
Individual · British · DOB 01/1966 · age 60
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Zeal House 8 Deer Park Road
Merton
London
Surrey
SW19 3UU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-07
Last: 2025-10-24

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

COUTTS-MELBOURNE, Sally Joanne→
secretary · appointed 2020-10-28
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Active
COUTTS-MELBOURNE, Sally Joanne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2023-07-14
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Active
MELBOURNE, Anthony Marcus→
director · ~63y · appointed 2001-10-25
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Active
MELBOURNE, Howard Sigurd→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-25 · resigned 2020-10-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-29
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2020-10-29
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-10-29