ABBEY COACHES (MIDLANDS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05327000 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-07
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 17.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£24.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52213
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.5y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £24,659

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£59k
Net Worth
£25k
Current Assets
£79k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-28
Total assets£60.5k
Current assets£79.1k
Cash£59.0k
Debtors£20.2k
Net assets£24.7k

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

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-04-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-04-11
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    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-04-11
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  6. 2025-03-26
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2025-03-25
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2025-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-11-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-11-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-05-09
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-05-08
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    KAILA, Ravi Kumar appointed
    director
  18. 2019-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-11-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  20. 2008-10-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  21. 2005-01-10
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-01-10
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2005-01-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY COACHES (MIDLANDS) LIMITED
  24. 2005-01-07
    ➕
    KUMARI, Satya appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-01-07
    ➕
    RAM, Malkiat appointed
    director
  26. 2005-01-07
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2005-01-07
    ➕
    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

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 65. 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 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

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 Malkiat Ram
Individual · Indian · DOB 10/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Satya Kumari
Individual · Indian · DOB 12/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52213 — SIC 52213

Registered office

Robins Business Park Bagnall Street
Great Bridge
Tipton
DY4 7BS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

KUMARI, Satya→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-07
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Active
KAILA, Ravi Kumar→
director · ~42y · appointed 2020-05-08
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Active
RAM, Malkiat→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-07 · resigned 2005-01-10
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-07 · resigned 2005-01-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property13/10/2008—
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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-11
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-04-11
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-03-26
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28