ABACUS PLUMBING & HEATING (MALMESBURY) LTD.

🌳Matureactive
04910969 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-25
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£160.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £160,223

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£160k
↑ 23% YoY
Current Assets
£220k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£44k£88k£132k£176k£220kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£165.1k£135.4k
Current assets£220.4k£174.9k
Net assets£160.2k£130.1k

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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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-14
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  3. 2024-11-07
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    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-11-06
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    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-11-06
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    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-20
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-15
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    address · AD01
  9. 2022-01-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-11
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-27
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  12. 2019-03-03
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-02
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    capital · SH01
  16. 2016-01-01
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    POTTINGER, Harry George appointed
    director
  17. 2010-02-01
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    POTTINGER, Rachel Dawn appointed
    director
  18. 2003-09-29
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    WISEDALE, Sandra Jane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2003-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ABACUS PLUMBING & HEATING (MALMESBURY) LTD.
  20. 2003-09-25
    ➕
    POTTINGER, Rachel Dawn appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-09-25
    ➕
    POTTINGER, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2003-09-25
    ➕
    WISEDALE, Sandra Jane appointed
    secretary

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rachel Dawn Pottinger
Individual · British · DOB 04/1967 · age 59
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mr Andrew Pottinger
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016
Mr Harry George Pottinger
Individual · British · DOB 12/1995 · age 31
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated2003-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

7 Old Alexander Road
Malmesbury
Wiltshire
SN16 0DT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

POTTINGER, Rachel Dawn→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-25
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Active
POTTINGER, Andrew→
director · ~66y · appointed 2003-09-25
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Active
POTTINGER, Harry George→
director · ~31y · appointed 2016-01-01
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Active
POTTINGER, Rachel Dawn→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WISEDALE, Sandra Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-25 · resigned 2003-09-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-07
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-11