ABLECREW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05843517 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-12
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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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 94-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 94). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
72 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees300300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-03-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-04-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-02-04
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    GIBSON, Ronald John resigned
    director
  14. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    GIBSON, Tina Karen appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    GIBSON, Amanda Jayne appointed
    director
  19. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    GIBSON, Betty Patricia appointed
    director
  20. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    GIBSON, Tina Karen appointed
    director
  21. 2006-06-19
    ➖
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-06-19
    ➕
    GIBSON, Ronald John appointed
    director
  23. 2006-06-19
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  24. 2006-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ABLECREW LIMITED
  25. 2006-06-12
    ➕
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2006-06-12
    ➕
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 94 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 94 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Betty Patricia Gibson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1932 · age 94
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ronald John Gibsonceased 16/12/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2006-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Hillier Hopkins Llp First Floor, Radius House
51 Clarendon Road
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD17 1HP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-24
Last: 2025-06-10

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

GIBSON, Tina Karen→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Amanda Jayne→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Betty Patricia→
director · ~94y · appointed 2006-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIBSON, Tina Karen→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-06-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-06-12 · resigned 2006-06-19
Resigned
GIBSON, Ronald John→
director · ~92y · appointed 2006-06-19 · resigned 2021-02-04
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-06-12 · resigned 2006-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-07