ABBEYFIELD DECORATORS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04717744 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-01
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
£478.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £478,726
Cash YoY
-7%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£217k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Net Worth
£479k
↑ 6.2% YoY
Current Assets
£549k
↑ 6.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£110k£220k£330k£439k£549kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£492.9k£457.7k
Current assets£549.2k£514.0k
Cash£216.8k£234.2k
Debtors£322.0k£276.7k
Net assets£478.7k£450.7k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-15
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  2. 2024-10-24
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  3. 2023-08-18
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  4. 2022-10-25
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  5. 2022-10-19
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    capital · SH01
  6. 2022-10-19
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  7. 2022-10-19
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  9. 2022-10-19
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  10. 2021-11-18
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  11. 2020-11-16
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  12. 2019-07-08
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  13. 2018-09-01
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  14. 2017-07-27
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  15. 2016-07-25
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  16. 2006-01-12
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    BAILLIE, Lee resigned
    director
  17. 2005-09-07
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    LIDDELL, Anthony Robert resigned
    secretary
  18. 2005-08-15
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    HORE, Calvin Stanley appointed
    director
  19. 2005-08-15
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    HORE, Sharon Anne appointed
    director
  20. 2005-04-15
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    SHEPHEARD, Michelle Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2005-04-07
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    HORE, Sharon Anne appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-04-04
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    SHEPHEARD, Dean Edward resigned
    director
  23. 2005-03-01
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    LIDDELL, Anthony Robert appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-12-14
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    BAILLIE, Lee appointed
    director
  25. 2004-12-10
    ➖
    EDMONDS, Steven resigned
    director
  26. 2004-12-10
    ➖
    MCFARLANE, Peter Joseph resigned
    director
  27. 2004-11-22
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    EDMONDS, Steven appointed
    director
  28. 2004-11-22
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    MCFARLANE, Peter Joseph appointed
    director
  29. 2003-04-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYFIELD DECORATORS LTD
  30. 2003-04-01
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    SHEPHEARD, Michelle Anne appointed
    secretary
  31. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2003-04-01
    ➖
    DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    SHEPHEARD, Dean Edward appointed
    director
  34. 2003-04-01
    ➕
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2003-04-01
    ➖
    DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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 21 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Calvin Stanley Hore
Individual · British · DOB 08/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Sharon Anne Hore
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

11 Holdenby Court
Anchorage Park
Portsmouth
Hampshire
PO3 5US

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

HORE, Sharon Anne→
secretary · appointed 2005-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORE, Calvin Stanley→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HORE, Sharon Anne→
director · ~60y · appointed 2005-08-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LIDDELL, Anthony Robert→
secretary · appointed 2005-03-01 · resigned 2005-09-07
Resigned
SHEPHEARD, Michelle Anne→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2005-04-15
Resigned
DUPORT SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-01
Resigned
BAILLIE, Lee→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-12-14 · resigned 2006-01-12
Resigned
EDMONDS, Steven→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-11-22 · resigned 2004-12-10
Resigned
MCFARLANE, Peter Joseph→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-11-22 · resigned 2004-12-10
Resigned
SHEPHEARD, Dean Edward→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2005-04-04
Resigned
DUPORT DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-01 · resigned 2003-04-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-18