ABBEY ASSOCIATES DESIGN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06726518 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-17
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
£-2.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,666

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£8k
Net Worth
-£3k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
—
-£3k-£610£1k£4k£6k£8kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-2.7k—
Current assets£7.6k—
Cash£7.6k—
Net assets£-2.7k—
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-02
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    address · AD01
  3. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-15
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2017-01-01
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    MCGINN, Russell John resigned
    director
  13. 2016-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-11-10
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-01-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2013-11-01
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    SHIELS, Christopher Phillip appointed
    director
  18. 2013-05-08
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    MCGINN, Russell John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-11-05
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    MCGINN, Russell John appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY ASSOCIATES DESIGN LIMITED
  21. 2008-10-17
    ➕
    LEVER, Darren appointed
    director
  22. 2008-10-17
    ➕
    OGDEN, Kevin Martin appointed
    director
  23. 2008-10-17
    ➕
    MCGINN, Russell John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

36 St. Georges Road
Cheshire
Winsford
Cheshire
CW7 1DA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LEVER, Darren→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-10-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OGDEN, Kevin Martin→
director · ~41y · appointed 2008-10-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHIELS, Christopher Phillip→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGINN, Russell John→
secretary · appointed 2008-11-05 · resigned 2013-05-08
Resigned
MCGINN, Russell John→
director · ~55y · appointed 2008-10-17 · resigned 2017-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (51 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-23