ABBEY BRASS COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04637247 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-15
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£5.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -34% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
61 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,856
Cash YoY
-34%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£34k
↓ 34% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↑ 122% YoY
Current Assets
£90k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£22k£44k£66k£88k£111kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£5.9k£2.6k
Current assets£89.9k£110.5k
Cash£34.5k£51.9k
Debtors£2.6k£2.8k
Net assets£5.9k£2.6k

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

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1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-16
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  3. 2023-12-14
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-12-21
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  6. 2020-12-24
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  7. 2019-12-12
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  8. 2018-12-19
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  9. 2018-02-15
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  10. 2018-02-15
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-02-15
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    officers · CH03
  12. 2018-02-15
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  13. 2018-02-15
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  14. 2018-02-15
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  15. 2018-02-13
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  16. 2017-11-08
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  17. 2015-08-21
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    HUBNER, Richard Neal appointed
    director
  18. 2003-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY BRASS COMPANY LIMITED
  19. 2003-01-15
    ➕
    HUBNER, Carol Anne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-01-15
    ➕
    HUBNER, Carol Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2003-01-15
    ➕
    HUBNER, Waldemar appointed
    director
  22. 2003-01-15
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-01-15
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-01-15
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-01-15
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — 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 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carol Anne Hubner
Individual · British · DOB 10/1943 · age 83
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Richard Neal Hubner
Individual · British · DOB 05/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Waldemar Hubner
Individual · British · DOB 05/1941 · age 85
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

The Coppice Barn
Darley Abbey Mills
Derby
Derbyshire
DE22 1DZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

HUBNER, Carol Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-15
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Active
HUBNER, Carol Anne→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-01-15
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Active
HUBNER, Richard Neal→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-08-21
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Active
HUBNER, Waldemar→
director · ~85y · appointed 2003-01-15
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Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-15 · resigned 2003-01-15
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-15 · resigned 2003-01-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-29