ABBEY FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04476014 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-03
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Funeral and related activities
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
68 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees19

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-07-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2017-07-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2016-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-07
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-07-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY FUNERAL SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    PARKER, Christine Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    PARKER, Christine Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    PARKER, Elvin James appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    TESTER, Joanne Elizabeth appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-03
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    JPCORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-07-03
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    JPCORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-07-03
    ➕
    JPCORD LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-07-03
    ➖
    JPCORD LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Christine Elizabeth Parker
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Elvin James Parker
Individual · British · DOB 12/1940 · age 86
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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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96030 — Funeral and related activities

Registered office

173 High Street
Tonbridge
Kent
TN9 1BX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-13
Last: 2025-06-29

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

PARKER, Christine Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-03
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Active
PARKER, Christine Elizabeth→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-07-03
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Active
PARKER, Elvin James→
director · ~86y · appointed 2002-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TESTER, Joanne Elizabeth→
director · ~55y · appointed 2002-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JPCORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2002-07-03
Resigned
JPCORD LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-03 · resigned 2002-07-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-21