ABBEY GREEN VETS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05584146 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-05
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 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Veterinary activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Cash
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Current Assets
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees47004400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-11-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-25
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  8. 2023-01-25
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  9. 2023-01-25
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  10. 2023-01-25
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  11. 2022-05-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-09
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  13. 2022-04-26
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  14. 2022-03-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2022-03-16
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    officers · TM01
  16. 2022-03-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2022-02-28
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    GENT, Bridget appointed
    director
  18. 2022-02-28
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    MILLS, Christopher James resigned
    director
  19. 2021-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2015-06-10
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    CLARK, Martin Nigel resigned
    secretary
  21. 2015-06-10
    ➖
    CLARK, Martin Nigel resigned
    director
  22. 2015-06-10
    ➕
    MILLS, Christopher James appointed
    director
  23. 2010-10-31
    ➕
    SANDERSON, Graeme appointed
    director
  24. 2005-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY GREEN VETS LIMITED
  25. 2005-10-05
    ➕
    MAISEY, Ian Hamilton appointed
    director
  26. 2005-10-05
    ➕
    CLARK, Martin Nigel appointed
    secretary
  27. 2005-10-05
    ➕
    CLARK, Martin Nigel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mr Graeme Sanderson
Individual · British · DOB 01/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Ian Maisey
Individual · British · DOB 04/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Christopher James Millsceased 28/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2005-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC75000 — Veterinary activities

Registered office

Church Close
Broadway
Worcestershire
WR12 7AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

GENT, Bridget→
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MAISEY, Ian Hamilton→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANDERSON, Graeme→
director · ~45y · appointed 2010-10-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLARK, Martin Nigel→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-05 · resigned 2015-06-10
Resigned
CLARK, Martin Nigel→
director · ~72y · appointed 2005-10-05 · resigned 2015-06-10
Resigned
MILLS, Christopher James→
director · ~39y · appointed 2015-06-10 · resigned 2022-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-01-25
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-01-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-01-25