ABERCORN PLANT & GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06053275 · ltd · incorporated 2007-01-15
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 4.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale in non-specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47760SIC 47760
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 4.8y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~4.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · 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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees18001800

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
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-01-17
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-01
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    BAYLIS, Ian Michael appointed
    director
  8. 2021-08-03
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2021-08-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  10. 2021-03-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-13
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    address · AD02
  14. 2018-02-15
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  15. 2018-01-24
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    capital · SH10
  16. 2018-01-11
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  17. 2018-01-11
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  18. 2018-01-11
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  19. 2017-12-19
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    GILLAM, David appointed
    director
  20. 2007-01-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ABERCORN PLANT & GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
  21. 2007-01-15
    ➕
    NORMAN, Margaret Helen appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-01-15
    ➕
    NORMAN, David John appointed
    director
  23. 2007-01-15
    ➕
    NORMAN, Margaret Helen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mrs Margaret Helen Norman
Individual · British · DOB 08/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David John Norman
Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47190 — Other retail sale in non-specialised stores

Registered office

301 Beehive Lane, Great Baddow
Chelmsford
Essex
CM2 8LX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last: 2026-01-15

Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)

NORMAN, Margaret Helen→
secretary · appointed 2007-01-15
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Active
BAYLIS, Ian Michael→
director · ~49y · appointed 2022-02-01
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Active
GILLAM, David→
director · ~51y · appointed 2017-12-19
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Active
NORMAN, David John→
director · ~64y · appointed 2007-01-15
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Active
NORMAN, Margaret Helen→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-01-15
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge—02/08/2021—
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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-14