ABBY GLAZE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06454614 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£116.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Painting
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £116,346
Cash YoY
-12%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£75k
↓ 12% YoY
Net Worth
£116k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£115k
↓ 3.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £127.4k | £94.4k |
| Current assets | £114.7k | £119.1k |
| Cash | £75.0k | £85.2k |
| Debtors | £27.7k | £30.9k |
| Net assets | £116.3k | £92.4k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-01-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-02📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-12➕ERRINGTON, Matthew Oliver Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2021-11-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-14📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-10-25➖ERRINGTON, Michelle Denise resignedsecretary
- 2007-12-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBY GLAZE LIMITED
- 2007-12-17➕ERRINGTON, Nicholas Matthew appointeddirector
- 2007-12-17➕ERRINGTON, Michelle Denise appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
19/100
No succession signalNo meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ERRINGTON, Matthew Oliver Nicholas (same surname) appointed 2021-11-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Matthew Oliver Nicholas Errington Individual · British · DOB 09/2000 · age 26 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 30/11/2021 |
Mr Nicholas Matthew Errington Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-12-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43341 — Painting
Registered office
C/O Keelings, Broad House
The Broadway
Old Hatfield
Herts
AL9 5BG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
ERRINGTON, Matthew Oliver Nicholas→
Activedirector · ~26y · appointed 2021-11-12
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ERRINGTON, Nicholas Matthew→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2007-12-17
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ERRINGTON, Michelle Denise→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-12-17 · resigned 2012-10-25
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Recent filings (47 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12