ABME ELECTRICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07645376 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-24
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£25.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
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 (78/100)

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 (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £25,206
Cash YoY
+55%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£26k
↑ 55% YoY
Net Worth
£25k
↑ 44% YoY
Current Assets
£29k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£6k£12k£17k£23k£29kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£26.2k£18.7k
Current assets£29.0k£23.1k
Cash£25.7k£16.6k
Debtors£2.4k£5.5k
Net assets£25.2k£17.6k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-18
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-12
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    capital · SH03
  8. 2023-03-27
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    capital · SH06
  9. 2023-03-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-03-09
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2023-03-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2023-02-28
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    EDMONDS, Matthew resigned
    director
  13. 2023-02-28
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    EDMONDS, Victoria resigned
    director
  14. 2022-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2020-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-08-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2016-11-11
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    BRAND, Tracy Anne appointed
    director
  21. 2016-11-11
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    EDMONDS, Victoria appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ABME ELECTRICAL LIMITED
  23. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    BRAND, Andrew Darren appointed
    director
  24. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    EDMONDS, Matthew appointed
    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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Tracy Anne Brand
Individual · British · DOB 06/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting28/02/2023
Mr Andrew Darren Brand
Individual · British · DOB 06/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Matthew Edmondsceased 28/02/2023· 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
Incorporated2011-05-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

12 Amberley Close
Calne
Wilts
SN11 9UP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BRAND, Andrew Darren→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-05-24
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Active
BRAND, Tracy Anne→
director · ~61y · appointed 2016-11-11
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Active
EDMONDS, Matthew→
director · ~40y · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2023-02-28
Resigned
EDMONDS, Victoria→
director · ~40y · appointed 2016-11-11 · resigned 2023-02-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-04-12
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-03-27
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13