ABILITY SUPPLIES UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05537637 · ltd · incorporated 2005-08-16
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 11.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46740
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.4y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.4 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, 1 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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£440k£881k£1.3m£1.8m£2.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£1.72M
Current assets—£2.20M
Cash—£1.37M
Debtors—£9.6k
Net assets—£1.72M
Average employees31—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2023-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-20
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2021-05-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2021-01-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-07-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2016-10-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-09-01
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    SANDERSON, Nicola appointed
    director
  19. 2015-02-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  20. 2005-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ABILITY SUPPLIES UK LIMITED
  21. 2005-08-16
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Nicola appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-08-16
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Owen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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.)

Group structure

Bowcroft Commerce Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Bowcroft Commerce Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ABILITY SUPPLIES UK LIMITED
This company · 05537637

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Bowcroft Commerce Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · firm interest01/07/2016
Mr Owen Sanderson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mrs Nicola Sanderson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46740 — SIC 46740

Registered office

5 Frontier Court Claymere Road
Leechmere Industrial Estate
Sunderland
Tyne And Wear
SR2 9TX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-15
Last: 2025-07-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SANDERSON, Nicola→
secretary · appointed 2005-08-16
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Active
SANDERSON, Nicola→
director · ~53y · appointed 2016-09-01
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Active
SANDERSON, Owen→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-08-16
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—19/02/201520/05/2021

Recent filings (56 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2021-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-07