ABBEY TAXIS (SWINDON) LIMITED

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06122964 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-21
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£143.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
51 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £143,463
Net assets shrinking
Down £63,576 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 73% YoY
Cash YoY
-73%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£32k
↓ 73% YoY
Net Worth
£143k
↓ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£56k
↓ 64% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£41k£83k£124k£166k£207kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£143.5k£215.4k
Current assets£56.1k£156.1k
Cash£31.5k£118.5k
Debtors£24.6k£37.6k
Net assets£143.5k£207.0k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
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  2. 2025-01-28
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  3. 2024-01-10
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  4. 2023-01-12
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  5. 2022-09-05
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  6. 2022-01-20
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  7. 2021-02-01
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  8. 2020-01-27
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  9. 2018-10-25
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  10. 2017-12-12
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  11. 2017-01-05
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  12. 2016-03-07
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  13. 2016-01-25
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  14. 2015-03-10
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  15. 2015-01-08
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  16. 2014-01-17
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    HEDGES, Blanche resigned
    secretary
  17. 2007-02-26
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    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD resigned
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  18. 2007-02-26
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD resigned
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  19. 2007-02-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY TAXIS (SWINDON) LIMITED
  20. 2007-02-21
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    MURRAY, Stephen appointed
    director
  21. 2007-02-21
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    HEDGES, Blanche appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-02-21
    ➕
    BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2007-02-21
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    BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen Murray
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2007-02-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

Hermes House
Fire Fly Avenue
Swindon
Wiltshire
SN2 2GA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-07
Last: 2026-02-21

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MURRAY, Stephen→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-02-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEDGES, Blanche→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-21 · resigned 2014-01-17
Resigned
BRIGHTON SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-02-21 · resigned 2007-02-26
Resigned
BRIGHTON DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-02-21 · resigned 2007-02-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-27