ABBEY SPARES AND SUPPLIES LIMITED

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05031994 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒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: SIC 26511
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46520SIC 46520
  • 46690Wholesale of other machinery and equipment
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
68 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees200200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-26
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  2. 2024-08-02
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  3. 2023-07-24
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  4. 2022-10-19
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  5. 2021-09-02
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  6. 2020-10-03
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  7. 2019-11-13
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  8. 2018-10-23
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  9. 2017-12-06
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  10. 2017-04-26
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    document-replacement · RP04AP01
  11. 2016-12-20
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  12. 2016-03-07
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  13. 2015-12-08
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  14. 2015-03-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2012-03-15
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    MCKENZIE, Nicola appointed
    director
  16. 2010-03-15
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    MCKENZIE, Nicola Helen appointed
    secretary
  17. 2010-03-12
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    HOOK, Amy resigned
    secretary
  18. 2004-10-22
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    HOOK, Amy appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-10-22
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    MCKENZIE, Kim Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY SPARES AND SUPPLIES LIMITED
  21. 2004-02-02
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    MCKENZIE, Phillip Nicholas appointed
    director
  22. 2004-02-02
    ➕
    MCKENZIE, Kim Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 2004-02-02
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2004-02-02
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

84/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Phillip Nicholas Mckenzie
Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

Unit 16m Top Barn Business Centre
Worcester Road
Holt Heath
Worcestershire
WR6 6NH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MCKENZIE, Nicola Helen→
secretary · appointed 2010-03-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCKENZIE, Nicola→
director · ~59y · appointed 2012-03-15
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Active
MCKENZIE, Phillip Nicholas→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HOOK, Amy→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-22 · resigned 2010-03-12
Resigned
MCKENZIE, Kim Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-02 · resigned 2004-10-22
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-02-02 · resigned 2004-02-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

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2026-04-11
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2025-08-26
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2025-04-07
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accounts · AA
2024-08-02
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2024-04-05
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2023-07-24
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2023-04-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-21
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accounts · AA
2022-10-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
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accounts · AA
2021-09-02
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-11
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2020-10-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
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accounts · AA
2019-11-13