ACB FENCING & LANDSCAPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06416801 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-02
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-30
Average employees-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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-02-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2017-12-20
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  14. 2017-11-29
    ➖
    WINDSOR ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  15. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2011-11-30
    ➖
    BECKEY, Adrian Campbell resigned
    secretary
  18. 2011-11-30
    ➕
    WINDSOR ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2007-11-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ACB FENCING & LANDSCAPE LIMITED
  20. 2007-11-02
    ➕
    BECKEY, Adrian Campbell appointed
    director
  21. 2007-11-02
    ➕
    BECKEY, Linda Vivienne appointed
    director
  22. 2007-11-02
    ➕
    BECKEY, Adrian Campbell appointed
    secretary
  23. 2007-11-02
    ➕
    D & D SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2007-11-02
    ➖
    D & D SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Adrian Campbell Beckey
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Linda Vivienne Beckey
Individual · British · DOB 08/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2007-11-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

C/O Atlas Accountancy Ltd, Suite 7, Europa House
11 Marsham Way
Gerrards Cross
SL9 8BQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BECKEY, Adrian Campbell→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BECKEY, Linda Vivienne→
director · ~70y · appointed 2007-11-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BECKEY, Adrian Campbell→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-02 · resigned 2011-11-30
Resigned
D & D SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-11-02 · resigned 2007-11-02
Resigned
WINDSOR ACCOUNTANCY LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-11-30 · resigned 2017-11-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-22
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-02-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-25