ABERDOVEY BREAKS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04657627 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-05
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
65 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
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-05📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-02-05📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2003-02-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ABERDOVEY BREAKS LIMITED
- 2003-02-05➕BROOMHALL, Stephen John appointedsecretary
- 2003-02-05➕BROOMHALL, Stephen John appointeddirector
- 2003-02-05➕PHILIPS, Susan Jane appointeddirector
- 2003-02-05➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-02-05➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-02-05➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-02-05➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Stephen John Broomhall Individual · English · DOB 02/1957 · age 69 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-02-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
C/O Muras Baker Jones Limited Third Floor Regent House
Bath Avenue
Wolverhampton
WV1 4EG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-19
Last: 2026-02-05
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
BROOMHALL, Stephen John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-02-05
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BROOMHALL, Stephen John→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2003-02-05
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PHILIPS, Susan Jane→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2003-02-05
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2003-02-05
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-05 · resigned 2003-02-05
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Recent filings (65 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-14