ABBEY BUILDERS CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04453557 · ltd · incorporated 2002-06-02

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 20.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£-12.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 20.9y

65/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 20.9 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 (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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

58 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £12,158

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£12k

↓ 86% YoY

Current Assets

£214k

↓ 1.2% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£-1.6k	£15.4k
Current assets	£214.0k	£216.5k
Debtors	£212.6k	£215.5k
Net assets	£-12.2k	£-6.5k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-01-30
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2022-01-31
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2021-03-08
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2016-01-28
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2015-06-09
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2005-06-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2005-03-01
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CHAPMAN, John Phoenix appointed
director
2002-06-02
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY BUILDERS CONTRACTORS LIMITED
2002-06-02
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CHAPMAN, John Phoenix appointed
secretary
2002-06-02
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CHAPMAN, Maureen Anne appointed
director
2002-06-02
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-02
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-06-02
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-06-02
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Maureen Anne Chapman Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/06/2017
Mr John Phoenix Chapman Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	02/06/2017

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

Incorporated2002-06-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

25 Lemon Street

Truro

Cornwall

TR1 2LS

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-16

Last: 2025-06-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CHAPMAN, John Phoenix→

secretary · appointed 2002-06-02

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Active

CHAPMAN, John Phoenix→

director · ~74y · appointed 2005-03-01

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Active

CHAPMAN, Maureen Anne→

director · ~68y · appointed 2002-06-02

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-06-02 · resigned 2002-06-02

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-06-02 · resigned 2002-06-02

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	22/06/2005	—

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