ABBY WELDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07524474 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-10

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£29.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Repair of machinery

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

36 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £28,991

Cash YoY

+65%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£14k

↑ 65% YoY

Net Worth

£29k

↑ 4433% YoY

Current Assets

£125k

↑ 43% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£38.6k	£13.6k
Current assets	£125.5k	£87.5k
Cash	£13.8k	£8.4k
Debtors	£110.6k	£77.5k
Net assets	£29.0k	£-669

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
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2018-12-13
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2011-11-18
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RAINFORD, Rachel appointed
director
2011-02-10
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Company incorporated
As ABBY WELDING LIMITED
2011-02-10
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RAINFORD, Steven Jack appointed
director
2011-02-10
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2011-02-10
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Steven Jack Rainford Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Rachel Rainford Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2011-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33120 — Repair of machinery

Registered office

Vantage House

East Terrace Business Park

Euxton Lane, Euxton

Lancashire

PR7 6TB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

RAINFORD, Rachel→

director · ~58y · appointed 2011-11-18

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Active

RAINFORD, Steven Jack→

director · ~61y · appointed 2011-02-10

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Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2011-02-10 · resigned 2011-02-10

Resigned

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