ABBEY CROSS ANGLING SOCIETY LIMITED

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05617105 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2005-11-09
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
£182.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 95-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 95). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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 (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £182,732
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,964 YoY
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£295k
↓ 5.8% YoY
Net Worth
£183k
↓ 1.6% YoY
Current Assets
£299k
↓ 4.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£63k£125k£188k£250k£313kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£373.7k£387.3k
Current assets£298.8k£312.8k
Cash£294.7k£312.8k
Debtors£4.2k—
Net assets£182.7k£185.7k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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  2. 2026-03-09
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  3. 2026-03-05
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    GREEN, Peter resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-29
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  5. 2024-05-02
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  6. 2023-06-15
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  7. 2022-11-22
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  8. 2022-11-09
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  9. 2021-06-08
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  10. 2020-08-12
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  11. 2019-03-21
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  12. 2018-03-22
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  13. 2017-03-06
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  14. 2016-04-07
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  15. 2015-11-12
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  16. 2015-04-09
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  17. 2005-11-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY CROSS ANGLING SOCIETY LIMITED
  18. 2005-11-09
    ➕
    SIMS, Alan Daniel George appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-11-09
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    FOX, Robert William appointed
    director
  20. 2005-11-09
    ➕
    JANES, Colin Frederick appointed
    director
  21. 2005-11-09
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    WILLIAMS, Anthony William appointed
    director
  22. 2005-11-09
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    GREEN, Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 95 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 95 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2005-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

6-7 Castle Gate
Castle Street
Hertford
Herts
SG14 1HD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-23
Last: 2025-11-09

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

SIMS, Alan Daniel George→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-09
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Active
FOX, Robert William→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-11-09
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Active
JANES, Colin Frederick→
director · ~71y · appointed 2005-11-09
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Active
WILLIAMS, Anthony William→
director · ~95y · appointed 2005-11-09
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Active
GREEN, Peter→
director · ~88y · appointed 2005-11-09 · resigned 2026-03-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-12