ABBACUS BLINDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05575311 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-27
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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year to Sept 2024
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of other furniture
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-25
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  3. 2023-06-21
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  4. 2022-09-28
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  5. 2021-09-22
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  6. 2020-05-27
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  7. 2019-05-31
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    address · AD01
  8. 2019-05-07
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  9. 2018-06-28
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  10. 2017-06-21
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  11. 2016-08-15
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  12. 2016-08-15
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2016-06-28
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  14. 2015-11-05
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  15. 2015-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2008-08-06
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    FLERIN, Roger John Daniel appointed
    secretary
  17. 2008-08-06
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    FLERIN, Roger John Daniel appointed
    director
  18. 2007-12-04
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    DEALBRIDGE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-06-16
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    FLERIN, Roger John Daniel resigned
    director
  20. 2006-06-15
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    FLERIN, Alyona appointed
    director
  21. 2005-09-28
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2005-09-28
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    DEALBRIDGE LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2005-09-28
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    FLERIN, Roger John Daniel appointed
    director
  24. 2005-09-28
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2005-09-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBACUS BLINDS LIMITED
  26. 2005-09-27
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2005-09-27
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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
Alyona Flerin
Individual · Ukrainian · DOB 02/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Roger John Daniel Flerin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-09-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC31090 — Manufacture of other furniture

Registered office

4 Hebble Brook Cottages Mill Lane
Mixenden
Halifax
West Yorkshire
HX2 8UH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-06
Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

FLERIN, Roger John Daniel→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLERIN, Alyona→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-06-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FLERIN, Roger John Daniel→
director · ~67y · appointed 2008-08-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-27 · resigned 2005-09-28
Resigned
DEALBRIDGE LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-09-28 · resigned 2007-12-04
Resigned
FLERIN, Roger John Daniel→
director · ~67y · appointed 2005-09-28 · resigned 2006-06-16
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-27 · resigned 2005-09-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

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2025-10-28
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accounts · AA
2025-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-07