A & B GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05343031 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-26
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees11001000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 3 officers
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-03-09
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    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-01-25
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    TAYLOR, Barry Daniel resigned
    director
  4. 2025-12-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-12-02
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-11-21
    ➕
    ROSE, Simon John appointed
    director
  7. 2025-11-21
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Dixie Ann Ellen appointed
    director
  8. 2024-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-08
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  16. 2018-08-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
  17. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-02-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2014-12-31
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Jessica Ann Elli resigned
    secretary
  21. 2008-11-11
    ➖
    TAYLOR, Ann Carole resigned
    secretary
  22. 2008-11-11
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Jessica Ann Elli appointed
    secretary
  23. 2005-01-26
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    Company incorporated
    As A & B GROUP LIMITED
  24. 2005-01-26
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Ann Carole appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-01-26
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-01-26
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2005-01-26
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Barry Daniel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Barry Daniel Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-01-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting

Registered office

Faveo House, 2 Somerville Court Banbury Business Park
Adderbury
Banbury
Oxfordshire
OX17 3SN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-09
Last: 2026-01-26

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ROSE, Simon John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2025-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Dixie Ann Ellen→
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-11-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TAYLOR, Ann Carole→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2008-11-11
Resigned
TAYLOR, Jessica Ann Elli→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-11 · resigned 2014-12-31
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2005-01-26
Resigned
TAYLOR, Barry Daniel→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-01-26 · resigned 2026-01-25
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Security Trustee Limited
A registered charge—06/08/2018—
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-03
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27