ABBEY FARM CONTRACTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07678893 · ltd · incorporated 2011-06-22
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
£780.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 -84% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 £780,498
Net assets shrinking
Down £128,861 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 84% YoY
Cash YoY
-84%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£12k
↓ 84% YoY
Net Worth
£780k
↓ 14% YoY
Current Assets
£151k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£182k£364k£546k£727k£909kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£926.2k£1.15M
Current assets£150.6k£180.2k
Cash£12.0k£74.0k
Debtors£131.7k£101.0k
Net assets£780.5k£909.4k

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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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-12-02
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  4. 2025-12-02
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  5. 2025-05-15
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  6. 2024-04-10
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  7. 2024-01-08
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  8. 2023-03-30
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  9. 2023-03-27
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  10. 2023-03-20
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    WADE, Samantha Jane appointed
    director
  11. 2023-03-16
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  12. 2022-02-09
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  13. 2022-02-08
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  14. 2021-12-29
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    WADE, Geoffrey Edward resigned
    director
  15. 2020-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  16. 2019-12-27
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  17. 2019-03-12
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  18. 2018-02-20
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  19. 2011-08-13
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    WADE, Pamela Mary resigned
    director
  20. 2011-07-06
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    WADE, Nicholas Edward appointed
    secretary
  21. 2011-06-29
    ➕
    WADE, Geoffrey Edward appointed
    director
  22. 2011-06-29
    ➕
    WADE, Pamela Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2011-06-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY FARM CONTRACTORS LIMITED
  24. 2011-06-22
    ➕
    WADE, Nicholas Edward appointed
    director
  25. 2011-06-22
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2011-06-22
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2011-06-22
    ➕
    COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur appointed
    director
  28. 2011-06-22
    ➖
    COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur resigned
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +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

59/100
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.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Edward Wade
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
50–75%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Geoffrey Edward Wadeceased 29/12/2021· 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
Incorporated2011-06-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Abbey Farm
Sedgebrook
Grantham
Lincolnshire
NG32 2ER

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WADE, Nicholas Edward→
secretary · appointed 2011-07-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WADE, Nicholas Edward→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-06-22
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Active
WADE, Samantha Jane→
director · ~58y · appointed 2023-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-06-22 · resigned 2011-06-22
Resigned
COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur→
director · ~82y · appointed 2011-06-22 · resigned 2011-06-22
Resigned
WADE, Geoffrey Edward→
director · ~88y · appointed 2011-06-29 · resigned 2021-12-29
Resigned
WADE, Pamela Mary→
director · ~88y · appointed 2011-06-29 · resigned 2011-08-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-04