ABALL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04323301 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-15
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£29.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 18.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £29,857
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,425 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£30k
↓ 4.6% YoY
Current Assets
£39k
↓ 9.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£17k£26k£34k£43kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£38.0k£44.0k
Current assets£38.6k£42.7k
Net assets£29.9k£31.3k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-15
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    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-07-03
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  12. 2017-11-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-11-24
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2017-06-28
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-04
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2017-04-04
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    officers · CH03
  17. 2008-05-22
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2003-11-10
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    SPEEDY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  19. 2001-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ABALL CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
  20. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    BALL, Andrew James appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-11-15
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    BALL, Andrew James appointed
    director
  22. 2001-11-15
    ➕
    BALL, Rebecca Ann appointed
    director
  23. 2001-11-15
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    SPEEDY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "BALL" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — 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 61. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Ball
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Rebecca Ball
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
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
Incorporated2001-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

Glenmore Five Oaks Road
Slinfold
Horsham
RH13 0RQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BALL, Andrew James→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-15
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Active
BALL, Andrew James→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-11-15
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Active
BALL, Rebecca Ann→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-11-15
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Active
SPEEDY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-11-15 · resigned 2003-11-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property22/05/2008—
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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-29