ABBEY SIGNS SOUTH WEST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04398787 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-19

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-02-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-11
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officers · AP01
2025-06-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-09
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KEEN, Julie appointed
director
2025-06-09
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MORGAN, Sally appointed
director
2025-01-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-14
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-14
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capital · SH01
2024-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-01
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MORGAN, Carl Richard appointed
director
2021-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-22
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-12
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KEEN, Julie Margaret appointed
secretary
2019-03-12
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HENWORTH, Chantelle Diana Hazel resigned
secretary
2002-04-08
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KEEN, Simon Marcel Johnathan appointed
director
2002-04-08
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
nominee-secretary
2002-04-08
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HENWORTH, Chantelle Diana Hazel appointed
secretary
2002-04-08
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-03-19
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY SIGNS SOUTH WEST LIMITED
2002-03-19
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HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
nominee-secretary
2002-03-19
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BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

66/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Carl Richard Morgan Individual · British · DOB 02/1983 · age 43	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2023
Mr Simon Marcel Johnathan Keen Individual · English · DOB 09/1966 · age 60	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/03/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Julie Margaret Keenceased 01/07/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2002-03-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 5 Oak Tree Yard

7-8 Upper Manor Road

Paignton

TQ3 2TP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-28

Last: 2026-05-14