ABILDGAARD LANDSCAPING CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05646930 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-07
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£5.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 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 £5,235
Cash YoY
+178%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£18k
↑ 178% YoY
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£18k
↑ 168% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£7k£11k£15k£18kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£7.0k£6.1k
Current assets£18.4k£6.9k
Cash£18.0k£6.5k
Debtors£419£400
Net assets£5.2k£3.6k

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

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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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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  2. 2025-12-24
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    officers · AP03
  3. 2025-11-28
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    JOHNSON, Kevin appointed
    secretary
  4. 2025-11-28
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    JOHNSON, Kevin resigned
    director
  5. 2025-09-23
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  6. 2024-09-04
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  7. 2023-08-29
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  8. 2022-09-22
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  9. 2021-09-16
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  10. 2020-11-30
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  11. 2019-09-17
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  12. 2018-09-21
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  13. 2018-09-10
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  14. 2018-09-10
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  15. 2018-09-10
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  16. 2018-09-10
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    address · AD01
  17. 2017-09-20
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  18. 2006-06-23
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    JOHNSON, Kevin appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ABILDGAARD LANDSCAPING CONTRACTORS LIMITED
  20. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    WAGNER, Lucie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    WAGNER, Carsten appointed
    director
  22. 2005-12-07
    ➕
    WAGNER, Lucie Emma appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Carsten Wagner
Individual · Danish · DOB 02/1967 · age 59
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-12-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Little Binton
Botany Hill
Farnham
GU10 1RE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

JOHNSON, Kevin→
secretary · appointed 2025-11-28
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Active
WAGNER, Lucie→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-07
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Active
WAGNER, Carsten→
director · ~59y · appointed 2005-12-07
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Active
WAGNER, Lucie Emma→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-12-07
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Active
JOHNSON, Kevin→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-06-23 · resigned 2025-11-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-24
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officers · AP03
2025-12-24
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accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
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accounts · AA
2024-09-04
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2023-08-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
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accounts · AA
2022-09-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-16
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accounts · AA
2021-09-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-13