ABBOTS CONSTRUCTION LTD

🌳Matureactive

05785465 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-19

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£75.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of domestic buildings

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43390Other building completion and finishing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 18.2y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £75,291

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£75k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£27k

↓ 21% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£104.0k	£103.6k
Current assets	£26.6k	£33.5k
Net assets	£75.3k	£67.2k

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

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 (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-10
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2024-12-17
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2023-10-30
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2023-01-31
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2022-01-31
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2020-12-22
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2019-11-25
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2018-09-25
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accounts · AA
2017-09-21
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accounts · AA
2016-11-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-07-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-22
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-09-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-04-29
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2008-03-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2008-03-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2006-04-19
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Company incorporated
As ABBOTS CONSTRUCTION LTD
2006-04-19
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THOMAS, Richard James appointed
secretary
2006-04-19
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LONG, Ian Paul appointed
director
2006-04-19
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THOMAS, Richard James appointed
director

Owner dependency

76/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+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 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Richard James Thomas Individual · British · DOB 05/1972 · age 54	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mr Ian Paul Long Individual · British · DOB 10/1965 · age 61	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2006-04-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41202 — Construction of domestic buildings

Registered office

19 Abbots Avenue Hanham

Bristol

South Gloucestershire

BS15 3PL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-15

Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

THOMAS, Richard James→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-19

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Active

LONG, Ian Paul→

director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-19

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Active

THOMAS, Richard James→

director · ~54y · appointed 2006-04-19

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Mortgage deed	1 property	13/03/2008	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	03/03/2008	—

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