AB CATERING ENGINEERS LTD

🌳Matureactive

07526924 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-11

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£154.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

75/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33190

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

33200SIC 33200

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 2 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

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

75/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £154,532

Net assets shrinking

Down £40,140 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£155k

↓ 21% YoY

Current Assets

£177k

↓ 27% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£154.5k	£194.7k
Current assets	£177.5k	£243.2k
Net assets	£154.5k	£194.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-21
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confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-11
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2025-09-25
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2024-11-05
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accounts · AA
2023-11-17
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accounts · AA
2022-11-14
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2021-11-05
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2020-11-26
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2019-09-24
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2018-11-26
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accounts · AA
2017-11-08
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2016-11-29
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accounts · AA
2016-02-23
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-21
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accounts · AA
2015-02-24
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annual-return · AR01
2011-02-11
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Company incorporated
As AB CATERING ENGINEERS LTD
2011-02-11
➕
WILLMOTT, Lisa Allison appointed
director
2011-02-11
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WILLMOTT, Shane Julian appointed
director

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Shane Julian Willmott Individual · British · DOB 03/1969 · age 57	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Lisa Allison Willmottceased 11/03/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated2011-02-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

15 Martock Road

Keynsham

Bristol

BS31 1XA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-25

Last: 2026-02-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILLMOTT, Lisa Allison→

director · ~57y · appointed 2011-02-11

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WILLMOTT, Shane Julian→

director · ~57y · appointed 2011-02-11

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Recent filings (32 total)

replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date

confirmation-statement · RP01CS01

2026-03-21

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-03-11