ABBOTT GARDEN SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05502607 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-07
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
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
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£16.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). 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, 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, 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
54 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,735

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£17k
↑ 106% YoY
Current Assets
£16k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£5k£10k£14k£19k£24kSept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Total assets£23.2k£26.1k
Current assets£16.4k£23.8k
Net assets£16.7k£8.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-05
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  6. 2022-05-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-05-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2022-05-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-21
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    ABBOTT, Helen appointed
    secretary
  13. 2022-01-20
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    ABBOTT, Pamela resigned
    secretary
  14. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-11-05
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    ABBOTT, Helen appointed
    director
  20. 2005-07-08
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2005-07-08
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2005-07-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTT GARDEN SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2005-07-07
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Darren Mark appointed
    director
  24. 2005-07-07
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Pamela appointed
    secretary
  25. 2005-07-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-07-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

99/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — 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 58. 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

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 Darren Mark Abbott
Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · firm interest07/07/2016

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
Incorporated2005-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

3 Southside
Arnold
Nottingham
NG5 8AJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ABBOTT, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2022-01-21
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Active
ABBOTT, Darren Mark→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-07-07
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Active
ABBOTT, Helen→
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBOTT, Pamela→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-07 · resigned 2022-01-20
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-07 · resigned 2005-07-08
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-07-07 · resigned 2005-07-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-05-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-05-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-04