ABBEYWOOD LANDSCAPE & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05581521 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-03
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£406.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Urban planning and landscape architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £406,357
Cash YoY
+21%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£320k
↑ 21% YoY
Net Worth
£406k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£326k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£81k£163k£244k£325k£406kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£445.7k£304.0k
Current assets£325.6k£278.0k
Cash£320.1k£264.7k
Debtors£4.2k£11.5k
Net assets£406.4k£290.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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  2. 2024-07-03
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  3. 2024-05-22
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  4. 2024-05-22
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  5. 2024-05-22
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  6. 2023-07-07
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  7. 2022-10-06
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  8. 2022-10-06
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  9. 2022-07-29
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  10. 2021-10-12
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  11. 2021-10-12
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  12. 2021-10-12
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  13. 2021-06-30
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  14. 2021-06-03
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  15. 2021-06-03
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  16. 2021-06-03
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  17. 2020-07-08
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  18. 2019-07-26
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  19. 2005-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYWOOD LANDSCAPE & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
  20. 2005-10-03
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    JARVIS, Helen appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-10-03
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    JARVIS, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2005-10-03
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    JARVIS, Helen appointed
    director
  23. 2005-10-03
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    WESELBY, Lisa appointed
    secretary
  24. 2005-10-03
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    WESELBY, Lisa resigned
    secretary
  25. 2005-10-03
    ➕
    HOLT, Joanna appointed
    director
  26. 2005-10-03
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    HOLT, Joanna resigned
    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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Helen Jarvis
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Andrew Jarvis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65
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
Incorporated2005-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71112 — Urban planning and landscape architectural activities

Registered office

Pinnacle House
1 Pinnacle Way
Derby
Derbyshire
DE24 8ZS
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

JARVIS, Helen→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-03
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Active
JARVIS, Andrew→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-10-03
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Active
JARVIS, Helen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WESELBY, Lisa→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-03 · resigned 2005-10-03
Resigned
HOLT, Joanna→
director · ~52y · appointed 2005-10-03 · resigned 2005-10-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
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accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-11
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-12