ABK ENGINEERING LIMITED

📈Growthactive

05997540 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-14

Investment thesis

Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.

Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.

Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

£198.1k

year to Nov 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Machining

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator 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. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · accounting standard not declared

Profitable

Profit before tax £88,516

Turnover YoY

-0%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-11-30	2023-11-30
Turnover	£198.1k	£198.9k
Gross profit	£133.3k	£112.9k
Operating profit	£88.5k	£68.7k
Profit before tax	£88.5k	£68.7k
Average employees	200	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-08-15
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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accounts · AA
2023-08-24
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accounts · AA
2022-08-16
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accounts · AA
2021-08-10
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accounts · AA
2020-07-10
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accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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accounts · AA
2018-08-29
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accounts · AA
2017-08-25
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accounts · AA
2016-09-23
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officers · CH03
2016-09-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-08-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-30
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annual-return · AR01
2015-08-28
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accounts · AA
2014-11-18
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annual-return · AR01
2006-11-14
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Company incorporated
As ABK ENGINEERING LIMITED
2006-11-14
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GRIDLEY, Tracey Ann Mary appointed
secretary
2006-11-14
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FOWLER, Andrew Michael appointed
director
2006-11-14
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-11-14
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-11-14
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2006-11-14
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+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.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Michael Fowler Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-11-14

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25620 — Machining

Registered office

32 Pinchbeck Road

Spalding

PE11 1QD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-08-31

Last made up to: 2024-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-28

Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GRIDLEY, Tracey Ann Mary→

secretary · appointed 2006-11-14

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Active

FOWLER, Andrew Michael→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-11-14

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-14

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-14 · resigned 2006-11-14

Resigned

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