ABLE PAVING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05798287 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-27
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£26k£53k£79k£106k£132kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets—£124.5k
Current assets—£132.5k
Net assets—£124.5k
Average employees200—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-09-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-27
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  11. 2017-07-27
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  12. 2016-09-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-08-10
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  14. 2016-01-15
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2014-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-04-03
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    GRANT RICHARDS & COMPANY resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2006-04-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ABLE PAVING LIMITED
  19. 2006-04-27
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    PARMENTER, Shaun Michal appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-27
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    TYLER, Robert appointed
    director
  21. 2006-04-27
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    GRANT RICHARDS & COMPANY appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-04-27
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    PACKMASTERS FR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2006-04-27
    ➖
    PACKMASTERS FR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Shaun Parmenter
Individual · British · DOB 12/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017
Mr Robert Tyler
Individual · British · DOB 09/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/01/2017

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
Incorporated2006-04-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Hunters Mill Lane
Pebmarsh
Halstead
Essex
CO9 2NN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PARMENTER, Shaun Michal→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TYLER, Robert→
director · ~51y · appointed 2006-04-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT RICHARDS & COMPANY→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2013-04-03
Resigned
PACKMASTERS FR LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-04-27 · resigned 2006-04-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-09-20