ABBEYHALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05747854 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-17

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£123

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49319

Sector: Transportation & storage

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

61900Other telecommunications activities

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

50 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £123

Net assets shrinking

Down £8,309 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£123

↓ 99% YoY

Current Assets

£3k

↓ 81% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£123	£8.4k
Current assets	£3.2k	£17.2k
Net assets	£123	£8.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-26
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accounts · AA
2024-12-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-18
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accounts · AA
2019-11-08
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address · AD01
2019-08-19
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accounts · AA
2018-08-10
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accounts · AA
2018-08-07
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JARVIS, Katie Southard appointed
director
2018-08-07
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officers · AP01
2018-08-07
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officers · TM02
2018-07-31
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JARVIS, Katie Southard resigned
secretary
2017-06-14
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accounts · AA
2016-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-06
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-13
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accounts · AA
2006-03-17
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Company incorporated
As ABBEYHALL LIMITED
2006-03-17
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JARVIS, Ian Michael appointed
director
2006-03-17
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JARVIS, Katie Southard appointed
secretary

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ian Michael Jarvis Individual · British · DOB 07/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest	17/03/2017

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

Incorporated2006-03-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49319 — SIC 49319

Registered office

The Garden House Walkley Wood

Nailsworth

Stroud

GL6 0RT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

JARVIS, Ian Michael→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-03-17

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JARVIS, Katie Southard→

director · ~64y · appointed 2018-08-07

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JARVIS, Katie Southard→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-17 · resigned 2018-07-31

Resigned

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