ABBOTTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06844435 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-11
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£182.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 12.5y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £182,540
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£15k
Net Worth
£183k
Current Assets
£185k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £182.5k | — |
| Current assets | £184.5k | — |
| Cash | £15.2k | — |
| Debtors | £169.3k | — |
| Net assets | £182.5k | — |
| Average employees | — | 100 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-14📍change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2023-08-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-19📍move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD03
- 2020-06-19📍change-sail-address-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD02
- 2020-06-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-06-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-06-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-05-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-17➖PAYN, Richard Anthony resignedsecretary
- 2015-11-17➖PAYN, Richard Anthony resigneddirector
- 2014-01-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2009-03-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBOTTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2009-03-11➕ABBOTT, Anthony Charles appointeddirector
- 2009-03-11➕PAYN, Richard Anthony appointedsecretary
- 2009-03-11➕PAYN, Richard Anthony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
98/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Charles Abbott Individual · British · DOB 12/1956 · age 70 | 50–75% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Jillian Abbott Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 31/03/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-03-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
Yew Tree House
Lewes Road
Forest Row
RH18 5AA
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09
Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)
ABBOTT, Anthony Charles→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2009-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PAYN, Richard Anthony→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2009-03-11 · resigned 2015-11-17
PAYN, Richard Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 2009-03-11 · resigned 2015-11-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/01/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (55 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-15
change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-09-09
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2020-06-19