ABLESTOKE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06770509 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-10

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 17.3y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.3y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

66 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

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 · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-12-14
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accounts · AA
2024-11-20
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accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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accounts · AA
2022-12-19
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accounts · AA
2021-12-20
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accounts · AA
2020-12-18
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accounts · AA
2019-07-23
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accounts · AA
2018-10-03
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accounts · AA
2017-09-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-03-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2016-08-16
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accounts · AA
2016-03-21
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-04
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address · AD01
2015-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-02
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capital · SH01
2015-01-01
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MUTTON, Neil Bruce appointed
director
2012-04-03
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ADAMS, Robert Matthew resigned
director
2010-03-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2009-03-10
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clerkenwell House (1987) Limited and David Ian De Groot
2008-12-19
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WELLS, Lee Edward appointed
director
2008-12-19
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ADAMS, Robert Matthew appointed
director
2008-12-19
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MUTTON, Neil Bruce resigned
director
2008-12-10
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Company incorporated
As ABLESTOKE LIMITED
2008-12-10
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2008-12-10
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ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2008-12-10
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MUTTON, Neil Bruce appointed
director
2008-12-10
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PARRY, David Robert appointed
director
2008-12-10
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PARRY, David Robert resigned
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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Lee Edward Wells Individual · British · DOB 10/1973 · age 53	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	01/07/2016

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

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2008-12-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Admirals Offices Main Gate Road

The Historic Dockyard

Chatham

Kent

ME4 4TZ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-16

Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

MUTTON, Neil Bruce→

director · ~62y · appointed 2015-01-01

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Active

WELLS, Lee Edward→

director · ~53y · appointed 2008-12-19

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Active

ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-12-10 · resigned 2008-12-10

Resigned

ADAMS, Robert Matthew→

director · ~57y · appointed 2008-12-19 · resigned 2012-04-03

Resigned

MUTTON, Neil Bruce→

director · ~62y · appointed 2008-12-10 · resigned 2008-12-19

Resigned

PARRY, David Robert→

director · ~63y · appointed 2008-12-10 · resigned 2008-12-10

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	12/03/2010	—
	outstanding	Clerkenwell House (1987) and David Ian De Groot Clerkenwell House (1987) Limited and David Ian De Groot	Rent deposit deed	1 property	10/03/2009	—

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