ABBEY (SOUTHERN) LTD

🌳Matureactive

04870018 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-18

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 Dec 2024

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

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Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). 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

58 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 · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Average employees	1100	1200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-09-12
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accounts · AA
2024-09-17
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2023-09-05
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2022-09-02
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accounts · AA
2021-09-13
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accounts · AA
2020-10-27
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accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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accounts · AA
2018-09-20
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accounts · AA
2017-09-25
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accounts · AA
2016-09-30
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accounts · AA
2015-09-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-09-08
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annual-return · AR01
2014-09-24
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accounts · AA
2014-08-28
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annual-return · AR01
2013-09-19
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2003-08-18
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY (SOUTHERN) LTD
2003-08-18
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MAZRAE, Lynda appointed
secretary
2003-08-18
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MAZRAE, Abbas appointed
director
2003-08-18
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MAZRAE, Lynda appointed
director
2003-08-18
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-18
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-18
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-08-18
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 72 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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 Abbas Mazrae Individual · English · DOB 07/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Lynda Mazrae Individual · English · DOB 08/1954 · age 72	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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2003-08-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

9-14 Abbey Business Park

Blackhill Road Holton Heath Trading Park

Poole

Dorset

BH16 6NN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-25

Last: 2025-08-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MAZRAE, Lynda→

secretary · appointed 2003-08-18

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Active

MAZRAE, Abbas→

director · ~72y · appointed 2003-08-18

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Active

MAZRAE, Lynda→

director · ~72y · appointed 2003-08-18

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-18 · resigned 2003-08-18

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-18 · resigned 2003-08-18

Resigned

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