ABBEYFIELD BUILDERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04909340 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-23
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£52.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43310Plastering
  • 43341Painting
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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, 3 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, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £52,497
Cash YoY
+13%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£95k
↑ 13% YoY
Net Worth
£52k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£117k
↓ 4.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£24k£49k£73k£97k£122kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£54.5k£46.6k
Current assets£116.7k£121.8k
Cash£95.1k£84.5k
Debtors£19.8k£35.5k
Net assets£52.5k£41.6k

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

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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-09
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-06-26
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  4. 2022-06-24
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  5. 2021-06-21
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  6. 2020-06-29
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  7. 2019-06-25
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  8. 2018-06-28
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  9. 2017-06-28
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  10. 2016-06-27
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  11. 2015-09-28
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  12. 2015-06-30
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  13. 2014-10-12
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  14. 2014-07-07
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  15. 2013-10-11
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  16. 2005-09-30
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    MOORE, Alan appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-09-30
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    MOORE, Alan appointed
    director
  18. 2005-09-30
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    MATZ - REDFEARN, Caria resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-09-30
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    MATZ - REDFEARN, Carla resigned
    director
  20. 2003-09-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYFIELD BUILDERS LIMITED
  21. 2003-09-23
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    REDFEARN, Marc Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2003-09-23
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    MATZ - REDFEARN, Caria appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-09-23
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    MATZ - REDFEARN, Carla appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Moore
Individual · British · DOB 07/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/09/2016
Mr Marc Robert Redfearn
Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/09/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

14 Ashton Way
Saltash
Cornwall
PL12 6JE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MOORE, Alan→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-30
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Active
MOORE, Alan→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-09-30
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Active
REDFEARN, Marc Robert→
director · ~53y · appointed 2003-09-23
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Active
MATZ - REDFEARN, Caria→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-23 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned
MATZ - REDFEARN, Carla→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-09-23 · resigned 2005-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

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2025-12-04
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2025-07-09
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2024-11-21
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2024-06-27
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2023-10-18
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2023-06-26
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2022-10-18
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2022-06-24
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2021-10-06
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2021-06-21
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2020-10-25
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2020-06-29
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2019-10-09
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2019-06-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-05