ABLEWORLD FRANCHISE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07210421 · ltd · incorporated 2010-03-31
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
£1.21M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
No charge records returned
50
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
51 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,209,035
Net assets shrinking
Down £21,976 YoY
Cash YoY
+43%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£43k
↑ 43% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↓ 1.8% YoY
Current Assets
£1.3m
↓ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.21M | £1.23M |
| Current assets | £1.27M | £1.42M |
| Cash | £43.2k | £30.2k |
| Debtors | £1.23M | £1.39M |
| Net assets | £1.21M | £1.23M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-10-01➕LEAVY, Anthony appointeddirector
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-03-01➕DEARY, Kenneth Edward appointeddirector
- 2022-03-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-01➕PAGE, Tonya Louise appointeddirector
- 2021-12-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2021-11-24📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-11-09📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-11-04📄termination-secretary-companyofficers · TM02
- 2021-08-28➖FRASER, Angela resignedsecretary
- 2021-08-28➖WILLIAMS, Angela resigneddirector
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30➖BONIFACE, Paul William resigneddirector
- 2020-07-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-04-01➕COX, Neil Derek appointeddirector
- 2014-04-01➕BONIFACE, Paul William appointeddirector
- 2014-04-01➕WILLIAMS, Angela appointeddirector
- 2010-03-31🏢Company incorporatedAs ABLEWORLD FRANCHISE LIMITED
- 2010-03-31➕WILLIAMS, Michael James appointeddirector
- 2010-03-31➕FRASER, Angela appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Ableworld Holdings (Uk) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Ableworld Holdings (Uk) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ABLEWORLD FRANCHISE LIMITED
This company · 07210421
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ableworld Holdings (Uk) Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Registered office
Stapeley Technology Park
London Road
Stapeley
Cheshire
CW5 7JW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31
Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)
COX, Neil Derek→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2014-04-01
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DEARY, Kenneth Edward→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2022-03-01
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LEAVY, Anthony→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2022-10-01
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PAGE, Tonya Louise→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2022-02-01
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WILLIAMS, Michael James→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2010-03-31
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FRASER, Angela→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2010-03-31 · resigned 2021-08-28
BONIFACE, Paul William→
Resigneddirector · ~74y · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2020-11-30
WILLIAMS, Angela→
Resigneddirector · ~59y · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2021-08-28
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Recent filings (51 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-12-03
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-11-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-24