ABBEYDALE INNS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05920948 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-31

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 8.9y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Public houses and bars

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.9y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 8.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (7 active, 10 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

69 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3900	3400

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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2025-08-06
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accounts · AA
2024-09-12
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-02
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accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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accounts · AA
2023-11-13
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officers · CH01
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officers · CH01
2022-10-17
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
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accounts · AA
2019-05-24
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address · AD02
2018-11-20
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address · AD02
2018-11-20
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officers · AP01
2018-07-01
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MILTON, Dawn appointed
secretary
2018-07-01
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BAXTER, Daniel James appointed
director
2018-07-01
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CONROY, Jonathan Michael appointed
director
2018-07-01
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GRATTIDGE, Toby David appointed
director
2018-07-01
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MORTON, Susan Ann appointed
director
2018-07-01
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PARKINSON, John appointed
director
2018-07-01
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MORTON, Susan Ann resigned
secretary
2017-07-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2006-08-31
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Company incorporated
As ABBEYDALE INNS LIMITED
2006-08-31
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MORTON, Patrick Hugh appointed
director
2006-08-31
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MORTON, Susan Ann appointed
secretary
2006-08-31
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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2006-08-31
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2006-08-31
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2006-08-31
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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.)

Group structure

Abbeydale Brewery Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abbeydale Brewery Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ABBEYDALE INNS LIMITED

This company · 05920948

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Abbeydale Brewery Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares · firm interest	30/06/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Patrick Hugh Mortonceased 12/09/2024· 75-100% shares · significant influence

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

Incorporated2006-08-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56302 — Public houses and bars

Registered office

Unit 8 Aizlewood Road

Sheffield

South Yorkshire

S8 0YX

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-29

Last: 2025-11-15