ABBOTTS FLOORING (IOW) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06413305 · ltd · incorporated 2007-10-30
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 16.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 16.1y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
57 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 accounts
Cash
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-04
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  2. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2015-11-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-04-20
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    capital · SH19
  15. 2015-04-01
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    legacy
    capital · SH20
  16. 2010-09-01
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    ABBOTT, Darren Lee appointed
    director
  17. 2010-08-31
    ➖
    SIZER, Claire resigned
    director
  18. 2010-08-31
    ➖
    WHITEHEAD, James Thomas resigned
    director
  19. 2010-04-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
  20. 2007-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTTS FLOORING (IOW) LIMITED
  21. 2007-10-30
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Darren Lee appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-10-30
    ➕
    ABBOTT, Samantha Carey appointed
    director
  23. 2007-10-30
    ➕
    SIZER, Claire appointed
    director
  24. 2007-10-30
    ➕
    WHITEHEAD, James Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

99/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Samantha Carey Abbott
Individual · British · DOB 04/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/10/2016

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
Incorporated2007-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47530 — Retail sale of carpets, rugs, wall and floor coverings in specialised stores

Registered office

14a Lake Industrial Way
Lake
Sandown
Isle Of Wight
PO36 9PL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-13
Last: 2025-10-30

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ABBOTT, Darren Lee→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-30
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Active
ABBOTT, Darren Lee→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-09-01
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Active
ABBOTT, Samantha Carey→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-10-30
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Active
SIZER, Claire→
director · ~46y · appointed 2007-10-30 · resigned 2010-08-31
Resigned
WHITEHEAD, James Thomas→
director · ~77y · appointed 2007-10-30 · resigned 2010-08-31
Resigned

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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 Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
All assets debenture1 property13/04/2010—
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Recent filings (57 total)

second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-30