ABBEY ROOFING (EU) LIMITED
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -35% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.6y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £523.8k | £594.8k |
| Current assets | £669.5k | £792.8k |
| Cash | £221.9k | £342.8k |
| Debtors | £422.6k | £424.9k |
| Net assets | £347.8k | £338.8k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-11➖DAVIS, Liza resigneddirector
- 2021-10-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-01-04📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-12-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-01➖MEADES & COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2015-10-29➕DAVIS, Liza appointeddirector
- 2009-11-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2008-02-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY ROOFING (EU) LIMITED
- 2008-02-19➕DAVIS, Stuart George Charles appointeddirector
- 2008-02-19➕MEADES & COMPANY SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Stuart Davis Individual · British · DOB 07/1979 · age 47 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 21/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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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Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 19/11/2009 | — |