ABSCAFF (SELBY) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07803748 · ltd · incorporated 2011-10-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 12.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Scaffold erection
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 12.6y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 12.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
48 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3600 | 3200 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 mortgage
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 mortgage
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-05-13🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited
- 2026-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-17📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-07-17🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2022-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-02-22🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2021-10-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-10-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-10-21📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-21📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-07-02➕MOORE, Craig appointeddirector
- 2021-07-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-02🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2016-02-03🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2015-05-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-11-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2013-11-01➕BEST, Colin appointeddirector
- 2011-10-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ABSCAFF (SELBY) LIMITED
- 2011-10-10➕BEST, Julie appointedsecretary
- 2011-10-10➕BEST, Andrew David appointeddirector
- 2011-10-10➕BEST, Julie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
63/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Colin Best Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/06/2021 |
Mr Andrew David Best Individual · British · DOB 12/1988 · age 38 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Julie Best Individual · British · DOB 02/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43991 — Scaffold erection
Registered office
Abscaffselby
Canal Road
Selby
YO8 8AG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
BEST, Andrew David→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2011-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Active
MOORE, Craig→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-07-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
3
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Nucleus Cash Flow FINANCE2 Limited | A registered charge | — | 13/05/2026 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 22/02/2022 | 17/07/2023 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/02/2016 | — | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/05/2015 | 02/03/2016 | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/11/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (48 total)
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-10-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-21