ABBEY ELECTRONICS CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06907708 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-18
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
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£45.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 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 £45,552

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£68k
Net Worth
£46k
Current Assets
£71k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-31
Total assets£45.6k
Current assets£71.1k
Cash£68.4k
Debtors£2.7k
Net assets£45.6k

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
3
filings
  • • 2 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-02-28
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    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-02-26
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-29
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-05-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-05-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-05-19
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    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-05-19
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-02-24
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-18
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    address · AD01
  14. 2019-06-11
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  15. 2019-06-11
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  16. 2019-06-11
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-06-11
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    officers · CH01
  18. 2009-05-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY ELECTRONICS CONSULTANTS LTD
  19. 2009-05-18
    ➕
    BODE, Peter Abiodun appointed
    director
  20. 2009-05-18
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    BODE, Susan appointed
    director
  21. 2009-05-18
    ➕
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director
  22. 2009-05-18
    ➖
    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigned
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong 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.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Abiodun Bode
Individual · British · DOB 12/1957 · age 69
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Susan Bode
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Suite 312 Atlas House Caxton Close
Wigan
Greater Manchester
WN3 6XU
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-04
Last: 2026-04-20

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BODE, Peter Abiodun→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BODE, Susan→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-05-18 · resigned 2009-05-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2026-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-05-19