ABRAXAS CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06371598 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-14
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 14.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). 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 14.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 14.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £223.3k |
| Current assets | — | £410.1k |
| Cash | — | £171.0k |
| Debtors | — | £237.5k |
| Net assets | — | £202.9k |
| Average employees | 8 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2026-05-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2026-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-19📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-10-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-10-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-10-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-12-22➕WRAIGHT, Thomas Peter appointeddirector
- 2023-09-27📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-08-14📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-08-14📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-06📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2012-02-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Wendy Woodward
- 2008-08-12➕WOODWARD, Wendy appointedsecretary
- 2008-08-12➕WOODWARD, Wendy appointeddirector
- 2008-08-12➖JOHNSTON, Paul resignedsecretary
- 2007-09-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ABRAXAS CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
- 2007-09-14➕WOODWARD, Robert John appointeddirector
- 2007-09-14➕JOHNSTON, Paul appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
83/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Perth House Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Perth House Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ABRAXAS CATERING EQUIPMENT LIMITED
This company · 06371598
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Perth House Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/09/2024 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Robert John Woodwardceased 30/09/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-09-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200
Registered office
Unit 8, Building 329 Rushock Trading Estate
Droitwich Road
Droitwich
WR9 0NR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20
Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)
Active
WOODWARD, Robert John→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2007-09-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WOODWARD, Wendy→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2008-08-12
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WRAIGHT, Thomas Peter→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2023-12-22
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JOHNSTON, Paul→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-09-14 · resigned 2008-08-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Wendy Woodward / Robert John Woodward | Debenture | 1 property | 06/02/2012 | 18/05/2026 |
Recent filings (71 total)
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-21
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-10-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-19
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-10-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-10-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-09-27