ABTHORPE BROADBAND ASSOCIATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04826029 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-07-09

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£160.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

76 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £160,805

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£161k

↑ 18% YoY

Current Assets

£209k

↑ 8.8% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£160.8k	£135.8k
Current assets	£209.0k	£192.1k
Net assets	£160.8k	£135.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-02-16
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accounts · AA
2025-11-19
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officers · AP03
2025-11-19
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-09
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HUNTER, Francis Noel appointed
secretary
2025-08-16
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-08-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-08-01
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LONG, David resigned
secretary
2025-03-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-08-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-17
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2023-07-17
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-16
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LONG, David appointed
secretary
2023-07-16
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TOMAN, David resigned
director
2023-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-27
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change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2019-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-23
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CROWCROFT, Stephen Michael resigned
director
2019-07-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-01-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-23
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ESSAME, Oliver Vaughan appointed
director
2018-01-23
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CROWCROFT, Stephen Michael appointed
director
2018-01-23
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TOMAN, David appointed
director
2014-10-30
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CUNNINGHAM, David Maxwell resigned
secretary
2014-10-30
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CUNNINGHAM, David Maxwell resigned
director
2014-07-31
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PLANT, Keith Forrester resigned
director
2013-01-22
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BERRY, Philip James appointed
director
2013-01-22
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WATKINS, Peter Robert appointed
director
2013-01-22
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PLANT, Keith Forrester appointed
director
2003-07-09
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Company incorporated
As ABTHORPE BROADBAND ASSOCIATION LIMITED
2003-07-09
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FENWICK, Keith appointed
director
2003-07-09
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MALCOMSON, Eric appointed
director
2003-07-09
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TOMALIN, Richard appointed
director
2003-07-09
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CUNNINGHAM, David Maxwell appointed
secretary
2003-07-09
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CUNNINGHAM, David Maxwell appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Eric Malcomson Individual · British · DOB 08/1942 · age 84	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/07/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr David Longceased 01/05/2025· board control · trust interest · firm interest

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2003-07-09

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

7 High Street

Lois Weedon

Towcester

NN12 8PL

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-23

Last: 2025-07-09