ABBEY STORAGE OF MARKET DRAYTON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05247741 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-01

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

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£12.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 52103

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -54% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. 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, 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

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

53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £12,863

Cash draining

Cash down 54% YoY

Cash YoY

-54%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£4k

↓ 54% YoY

Net Worth

£13k

↑ 13% YoY

Current Assets

£15k

↑ 7.9% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£12.9k	£11.4k
Current assets	£15.2k	£14.0k
Cash	£3.9k	£8.5k
Debtors	£11.3k	£5.6k
Net assets	£12.9k	£11.4k

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

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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

2024-12-20
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2023-07-06
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2022-07-27
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2021-07-26
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2020-06-16
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2019-07-05
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2018-07-31
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2016-07-28
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2015-11-24
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2015-07-30
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2014-11-07
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2013-10-28
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2004-10-01
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY STORAGE OF MARKET DRAYTON LIMITED
2004-10-01
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PEAKE, Jane appointed
secretary
2004-10-01
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PEAKE, Jane appointed
director
2004-10-01
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PEAKE, Simon Gregory appointed
director
2004-10-01
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-10-01
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-10-01
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-10-01
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HANOVER 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Simon Gregory Peake Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Jane Peake Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69	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

Incorporated2004-10-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103

Registered office

The Mill Warehouse

Cheshire Street

Market Drayton

Shropshire

TF9 1AE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-15

Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PEAKE, Jane→

secretary · appointed 2004-10-01

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PEAKE, Jane→

director · ~69y · appointed 2004-10-01

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Active

PEAKE, Simon Gregory→

director · ~67y · appointed 2004-10-01

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Active

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2004-10-01

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-01 · resigned 2004-10-01

Resigned

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