ABERLINK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07642245 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-20

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£2.70M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26511

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

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

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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

5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

41 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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,704,889

Net assets shrinking

Down £7,109,649 YoY

Cash YoY

+9%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6.0m

↑ 8.6% YoY

Net Worth

£2.7m

↓ 72% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Cash	£6.04M	£5.57M
Net assets	£2.70M	£9.81M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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2025-02-10
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2024-03-28
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2023-03-30
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2022-09-22
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address · AD01
2022-03-15
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2022-01-31
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2022-01-31
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2022-01-31
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2022-01-24
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officers · TM01
2022-01-21
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BAILEY, Gavin Richard resigned
director
2022-01-17
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COOK, Rachel appointed
director
2022-01-17
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DAVIES, Christopher appointed
director
2022-01-17
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RHODES, Ian appointed
director
2021-06-30
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2020-06-22
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2020-06-22
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2020-06-22
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2020-03-30
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2019-11-18
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2018-12-31
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2011-05-20
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Company incorporated
As ABERLINK LIMITED
2011-05-20
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EALES, Marcus James appointed
director
2011-05-20
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BAILEY, Gavin Richard appointed
director

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
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.)

Group structure

Aberlink Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aberlink Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ABERLINK LIMITED

This company · 07642245

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
Aberlink Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	10/03/2020

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Gavin Richard Baileyceased 10/03/2020· 25-50% shares
Mr Marcus James Ealesceased 10/03/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2011-05-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26511 — SIC 26511

Registered office

Aberlink

Eastcombe

Stroud

GL6 7DY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-03

Last: 2025-05-20

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

COOK, Rachel→

director · ~45y · appointed 2022-01-17

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Active

DAVIES, Christopher→

director · ~59y · appointed 2022-01-17

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Active

EALES, Marcus James→

director · ~60y · appointed 2011-05-20

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Active

RHODES, Ian→

director · ~52y · appointed 2022-01-17

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Active

BAILEY, Gavin Richard→

director · ~65y · appointed 2011-05-20 · resigned 2022-01-21

Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-03-24

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-02-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-06-17

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-03-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-06-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-03-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2022-09-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-06-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-03-15

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-01-31

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-01-31

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2022-01-31

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officers · TM01

2022-01-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2021-06-30