ABBOTS 354 LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05528676 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-05
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
6 live charges · 6 lenders · oldest 20.4y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 20.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 6 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
89 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-28📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-11-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-11-28📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-11-25📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-10-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-09-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-09-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-08-01🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-02-16🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2022-02-16🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-02-02🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2017-06-29➖BOYD, Peter Thomas Stanley resigneddirector
- 2017-05-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2008-10-07🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Centric Spv 1 Limited
- 2008-09-30🔒Charge registered #6Lender: South East Growth Fund Limited Partnership
- 2008-09-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Peter Stanley Melton
- 2008-04-04➖DENNE, Christopher Michael William resigneddirector
- 2006-10-02➕BOYD, Peter Thomas Stanley appointeddirector
- 2006-06-30➕HOUGHTON, Sean Edward appointeddirector
- 2005-12-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Andrew Joseph Moran and Maureen Patricia Moran
- 2005-12-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
- 2005-10-28➕MELTON, Peter Stanley appointedsecretary
- 2005-10-28➕MELTON, Peter Stanley appointeddirector
- 2005-10-28➖BOYES TURNER SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-10-28➕DENNE, Christopher Michael William appointeddirector
- 2005-10-28➖BOYES TURNER DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2005-08-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBOTS 354 LIMITED
- 2005-08-05➕BOYES TURNER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-08-05➕BOYES TURNER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
83/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Abbots 355 Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Abbots 355 Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ABBOTS 354 LIMITED
This company · 05528676
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Abbots 355 Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/10/2024 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Sean Edward Houghtonceased 08/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Peter Stanley Meltonceased 08/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
- South East Growth Fund Managers Limitedceased 29/06/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices
Registered office
11a Reading Road
Pangbourne
Reading
Berks
RG8 7LR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-19
Last: 2025-08-05
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
MELTON, Peter Stanley→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOUGHTON, Sean Edward→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2006-06-30
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MELTON, Peter Stanley→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2005-10-28
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BOYES TURNER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-08-05 · resigned 2005-10-28
BOYD, Peter Thomas Stanley→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2006-10-02 · resigned 2017-06-29
DENNE, Christopher Michael William→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2005-10-28 · resigned 2008-04-04
BOYES TURNER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2005-08-05 · resigned 2005-10-28
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Mortgages & charges
6
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:6 of 6 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Arbuthnot Commercial Asset Based Lending Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 01/08/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Centric Spv 1 Centric Spv 1 Limited | Composite guarantee and debentures | 1 property | 07/10/2008 | — | |
| satisfied | South East Growth Fund Partnership South East Growth Fund Limited Partnership | Debenture | 1 property | 30/09/2008 | 16/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Peter Stanley Melton | Debenture | 1 property | 30/09/2008 | 16/02/2022 | |
| satisfied | Andrew Joseph Moran and Maureen Patricia Moran | Debenture | 1 property | 22/12/2005 | 02/02/2019 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland | Debenture | 1 property | 22/12/2005 | 19/05/2017 |
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Recent filings (89 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-14
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-11-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-28
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-11-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-09-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-05
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-08-02