ABER STOVES & FLUES LIMITED
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -87% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £9.8k | £18.5k |
| Current assets | £35.0k | £42.3k |
| Cash | £1.9k | £14.7k |
| Debtors | £30.1k | £24.3k |
| Net assets | £-2.1k | £-843 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-27📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-13📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-05-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2011-04-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ABER STOVES & FLUES LIMITED
- 2011-04-05➕FENTON, Neil Richard appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Neil Richard Fenton Individual · British · DOB 01/1971 · age 55 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% 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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