ABBEY GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07326431 · ltd · incorporated 2010-07-27
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£389.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
46 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.

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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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £389,634

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£390k
↑ 31% YoY
Current Assets
£201k
↑ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£78k£156k£234k£312k£390kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£1.97M£1.99M
Current assets£200.6k£128.9k
Net assets£389.6k£296.5k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 capital
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-03-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-03-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2026-03-19
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  5. 2026-02-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-04-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2023-03-27
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    capital · SH01
  11. 2023-03-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-03-27
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-03-03
    ➕
    RETTNER, Mateusz appointed
    director
  14. 2023-03-03
    ➕
    ROSS, Charles appointed
    director
  15. 2022-12-12
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-10-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  20. 2010-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY GLOBAL HOLDINGS LTD
  21. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    BUCK, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  22. 2010-07-27
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  23. 2010-07-27
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 80 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

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 Charles Ross
Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control03/03/2026
Miss Jacqueline Buck
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2010-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Augusta Street
Grimsby
North East Lincolnshire
DN34 4TA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-17
Last: 2026-03-03

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BUCK, Jacqueline→
director · ~65y · appointed 2010-07-27
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Active
RETTNER, Mateusz→
director · ~36y · appointed 2023-03-03
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Active
ROSS, Charles→
director · ~80y · appointed 2023-03-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2010-07-27 · resigned 2010-07-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-03-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-28
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-27