ABBEYWEST LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06679088 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-21
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-9.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
52 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 declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £9,284
Cash YoY
+346%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£446
↑ 346% YoY
Net Worth
-£9k
↓ 231% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£9k-£7k-£5k-£2k-£73£2kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-9.3k£-2.8k
Current assets£1.6k£2.2k
Cash£446£100
Debtors£1.1k£2.1k
Net assets£-9.3k£-2.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-01-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-08-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-10
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2019-09-10
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-09-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2019-09-10
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    address · AD01
  14. 2019-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-03-31
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    BRADLEY, Lucy Abigail appointed
    director
  18. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Lucy Abigail appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-03-31
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (U.K.) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2008-08-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYWEST LIMITED
  22. 2008-08-21
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (U.K.) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Bradley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control17/10/2023
Mrs Lucy Bradley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
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
Incorporated2008-08-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

20 Havelock Road
Hastings
East Sussex
TN34 1BP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRADLEY, Lucy Abigail→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Lucy Abigail→
director · ~47y · appointed 2010-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRADLEY, Michael→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-03-31
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Active
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (U.K.) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-08-21 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-28