ABBEY LANDSCAPES (FORMBY) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05308740 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-09
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£197.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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, 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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
63 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £197,066
Cash YoY
+2%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£226k
↑ 1.9% YoY
Net Worth
£197k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Assets
£227k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £197.1k | £195.9k |
| Current assets | £226.5k | £225.1k |
| Cash | £225.6k | £221.4k |
| Debtors | £917 | £3.8k |
| Net assets | £197.1k | £192.6k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-11-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-10-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2010-06-15➕BURGESS, Sarah Jane appointeddirector
- 2006-10-04➕BURGESS, Sarah Jane appointedsecretary
- 2006-10-04➖SKINSLEY, Karen resignedsecretary
- 2005-01-18➕BURGESS, Gary Philip appointeddirector
- 2005-01-18➕SKINSLEY, Karen appointedsecretary
- 2005-01-18➖TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline resignedsecretary
- 2005-01-18➖TAYLOR, David Alan resigneddirector
- 2004-12-09🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY LANDSCAPES (FORMBY) LIMITED
- 2004-12-09➕TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline appointedsecretary
- 2004-12-09➕TAYLOR, David Alan appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanNo 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 Gary Philip Burgess Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 28/10/2025 |
Ms Sarah Jane Burgess Individual · British · DOB 09/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 09/12/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Gary Philip Burgessceased 28/10/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Registered office
55 Hoghton Street
Southport
Merseyside
PR9 0PG
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
BURGESS, Sarah Jane→
Activesecretary · appointed 2006-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURGESS, Gary Philip→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2005-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURGESS, Sarah Jane→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2010-06-15
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SKINSLEY, Karen→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-01-18 · resigned 2006-10-04
TAYLOR, Ann Jaqueline→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-12-09 · resigned 2005-01-18
TAYLOR, David Alan→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2004-12-09 · resigned 2005-01-18
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Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28