ABEY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05592890 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-14
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£4.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
4 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £4,358
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£4k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£19k
↓ 5.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.8k | £4.8k |
| Current assets | £19.0k | £20.0k |
| Net assets | £4.4k | £4.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-04-18➖SPARKES, Gary resigneddirector
- 2023-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-10-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-10-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2017-10-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2017-10-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-10-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2009-06-03➕SPARKES, Gary appointeddirector
- 2005-10-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ABEY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LIMITED
- 2005-10-14➕CARROLL, Katrina Marie appointedsecretary
- 2005-10-14➕CARROLL, David Patrick appointeddirector
- 2005-10-14➕CARROLL, Katrina Marie appointeddirector
- 2005-10-14➕THOMAS, Howard appointednominee-secretary
- 2005-10-14➖THOMAS, Howard resignednominee-secretary
Owner dependency
84/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️
Newscope Trading Limited
Corporate parent
🏛️ultimate parent
Abey Furnishing Company Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ABEY DEVELOPMENTS (UK) LIMITED
This company · 05592890
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Abey Furnishing Company Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · firm interest | 13/10/2017 |
Newscope Trading Limited Corporate entity | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 13/10/2017 |
Mr David Patrick Carroll Individual · British · DOB 01/1965 · age 61 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 13/10/2017 |
Mrs Katrina Marie Carroll Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 13/10/2017 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Katrina Marie Carrollceased 13/10/2017· 25-50% shares
- Mr David Patrick Carrollceased 13/10/2017· 25-50% shares
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-10-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
End House
13 Augusta Close
Grimsby
North East Lincolnshire
DN34 4TG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
CARROLL, Katrina Marie→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARROLL, David Patrick→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2005-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CARROLL, Katrina Marie→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2005-10-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
THOMAS, Howard→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2005-10-14 · resigned 2005-10-14
SPARKES, Gary→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2009-06-03 · resigned 2024-04-18
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Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-24