ABBEY ACCOUNTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

04764567 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-14

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

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

69202Bookkeeping activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years 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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-05
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2016-12-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-25
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-27
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2009-04-01
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BEBB, Heather Marian appointed
director
2003-05-16
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BEBB, Heather Marian appointed
secretary
2003-05-16
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MELLOR, Glenn Christopher appointed
director
2003-05-16
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2003-05-16
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2003-05-14
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY ACCOUNTS LTD
2003-05-14
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-05-14
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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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

+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 68 — succession pressure is live.

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 68. 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

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Glenn Christopher Mellor Individual · British · DOB 04/1958 · age 68	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Miss Heather Marian Bebb Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% 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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3 D TECHNICAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 06972838 · est 2009 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	16y	—	—
4M PORTABLE BUILDINGS HIRE LIMITED→ 03720042 · est 1999 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	27y	—	—
80 VOICES LIMITED→ 13029765 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
A FRESH PERSPECTIVE LIMITED→ 07565563 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
AARON J POWIS BSC(HONS) FCA CTA LTD→ 12861506 · est 2020 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	5y	—	—
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ABSOLUTE PERSONNEL RECRUITMENT LIMITED→ 13490273 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-05-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Field House Hazels Road

Shawbury

Shrewsbury

SY4 4HE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-19

Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BEBB, Heather Marian→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-16

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Active

BEBB, Heather Marian→

director · ~65y · appointed 2009-04-01

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Active

MELLOR, Glenn Christopher→

director · ~68y · appointed 2003-05-16

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Active

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2003-05-16

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-05-14 · resigned 2003-05-16

Resigned

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