ABILENE SNOWE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07201947 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 42910
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
  • 43999Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
  • 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (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, 4 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 (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
42 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,855

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£4k
↑ 273% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£904£2k£3k£4k£5kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.9k£1.0k
Current assets£4.5k£3.6k
Net assets£3.9k£1.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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  2. 2025-10-29
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    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-10-28
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    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2024-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-31
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  7. 2022-02-10
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-30
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  9. 2019-12-29
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  10. 2018-12-30
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  11. 2017-12-30
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  12. 2016-12-30
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  13. 2016-05-05
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  14. 2016-02-08
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  15. 2015-04-17
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-09-11
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    KJAEDEGAARD, Jesper resigned
    director
  17. 2010-07-27
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    KJAEDEGAARD, Jesper appointed
    director
  18. 2010-03-26
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    CONLIN, John Thomas resigned
    director
  19. 2010-03-26
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    SULLIVAN, Thomas Milton resigned
    director
  20. 2010-03-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ABILENE SNOWE LIMITED
  21. 2010-03-24
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    IBRAHIMI, Khalil Ahmad appointed
    director
  22. 2010-03-24
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    JAMES, Timothy Mark appointed
    director
  23. 2010-03-24
    ➕
    CONLIN, John Thomas appointed
    director
  24. 2010-03-24
    ➕
    SULLIVAN, Thomas Milton appointed
    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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy Mark James
Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares24/03/2017

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
Incorporated2010-03-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC42910 — SIC 42910

Registered office

2 Hamble Court
Broom Park
Teddington
Middlesex
TW11 9RW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-26
Last: 2025-08-12

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

IBRAHIMI, Khalil Ahmad→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-03-24
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Active
JAMES, Timothy Mark→
director · ~63y · appointed 2010-03-24
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Active
CONLIN, John Thomas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2010-03-24 · resigned 2010-03-26
Resigned
KJAEDEGAARD, Jesper→
director · ~68y · appointed 2010-07-27 · resigned 2012-09-11
Resigned
SULLIVAN, Thomas Milton→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-03-24 · resigned 2010-03-26
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-30
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gazette · DISS40
2025-10-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04