ABBEY ELECTRICAL (CUMBRIA) LIMITED
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- 43210Electrical installation
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £156.3k | £301.9k |
| Current assets | £158.2k | £314.1k |
| Net assets | £156.3k | £301.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 capital
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-15📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-04-03📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-04-03📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-02📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-05➕GASGARTH, Kim appointedsecretary
- 2018-11-05➖GASGARTH, Carol Margaret resignedsecretary
- 2018-11-05📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2018-11-05📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2018-03-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2002-08-05➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-08-05➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-07-31🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY ELECTRICAL (CUMBRIA) LIMITED
- 2002-07-31➕GASGARTH, Alexander Neill appointeddirector
- 2002-07-31➕GASGARTH, Carol Margaret appointedsecretary
- 2002-07-31➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-07-31➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alexander Neill Gasgarth Individual · British · DOB 04/1973 · age 53 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 31/07/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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