ABCE HERITAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06831166 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-26
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£144.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other sports activities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £143,976
Cash YoY
+1614%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£148k
↑ 1614% YoY
Net Worth
£144k
↑ 276% YoY
Current Assets
£591k
↑ 971% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£82k£53k£187k£322k£457k£591kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£144.0k£-81.8k
Current assets£591.1k£55.2k
Cash£148.0k£8.6k
Debtors£443.1k£46.6k
Net assets£144.0k£-81.8k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-07-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-09
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  5. 2023-08-08
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  6. 2023-08-01
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    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2022-05-30
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  8. 2021-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-18
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    STURRIDGE, Michael Alexander resigned
    director
  10. 2020-11-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-10
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    gazette · DISS40
  13. 2019-08-08
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  14. 2019-07-30
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    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2018-05-31
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  16. 2017-05-19
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  17. 2009-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ABCE HERITAGE LIMITED
  18. 2009-02-26
    ➕
    STURRIDGE, Daniel Andre appointed
    director
  19. 2009-02-26
    ➕
    STURRIDGE, Grace Gillian appointed
    director
  20. 2009-02-26
    ➕
    STURRIDGE, Michael Alexander appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 63. 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)

Group structure

Ecba Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ecba Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ABCE HERITAGE LIMITED
This company · 06831166

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ecba Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93199 — Other sports activities

Registered office

Suite 1b, The Beehive Lions Drive
Shadsworth Business Park
Blackburn
BB1 2QS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

STURRIDGE, Daniel Andre→
director · ~37y · appointed 2009-02-26
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Active
STURRIDGE, Grace Gillian→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-02-26
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Active
STURRIDGE, Michael Alexander→
director · ~64y · appointed 2009-02-26 · resigned 2020-11-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2023-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-18