ABBEY ROAD INVESTMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06628487 · ltd · incorporated 2008-06-24

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · oldest 3.5y

75/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-30
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-20
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Charge registered #7
Lender: Principality Building Society
2024-09-20
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Principality Building Society
2024-09-20
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Principality Building Society
2024-09-20
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Principality Building Society
2024-09-20
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Principality Building Society
2024-09-20
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Principality Building Society
2024-07-04
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-04
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Charge satisfied #1
2024-02-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-08
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move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2023-06-08
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change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2023-06-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-15
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-15
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-26
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-01-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Principality Building Society
2022-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-09
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2014-05-08
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BEARMAN, Robert resigned
director
2008-06-24
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY ROAD INVESTMENT LIMITED
2008-06-24
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LEVY, Adrian Howard appointed
secretary
2008-06-24
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COWELL, Nicholas Andrew appointed
director
2008-06-24
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LEVY, Adrian Howard appointed
director
2008-06-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-06-24
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-06-24
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BEARMAN, Robert appointed
director
2008-06-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2008-06-24
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

83/100

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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
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

1 low

6 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Nicholas Andrew Cowell Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mr Adrian Howard Levy Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-06-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

37/39 Maida Vale

London

W9 1TP

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-08

Last: 2026-06-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

LEVY, Adrian Howard→

secretary · appointed 2008-06-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

COWELL, Nicholas Andrew→

director · ~65y · appointed 2008-06-24

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Active

LEVY, Adrian Howard→

director · ~65y · appointed 2008-06-24

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-06-24 · resigned 2008-06-24

Resigned

BEARMAN, Robert→

director · ~60y · appointed 2008-06-24 · resigned 2014-05-08

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2008-06-24 · resigned 2008-06-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Principality Building Society	A registered charge	1 property	20/09/2024	—
outstanding	Principality Building Society	A registered charge	1 property	20/09/2024	—
outstanding	Principality Building Society	A registered charge	1 property	20/09/2024	—
outstanding	Principality Building Society	A registered charge	1 property	20/09/2024	—
outstanding	Principality Building Society	A registered charge	1 property	20/09/2024	—
outstanding	Principality Building Society	A registered charge	1 property	20/09/2024	—
satisfied	Principality Building Society	A registered charge	1 property	19/01/2023	04/07/2024

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Recent filings (72 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-06-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2026-01-23

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant

accounts · AA

2025-02-21