ABBEY CAR CARE LTD

🌳Matureactive

07985771 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-12

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£-531.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

72 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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

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

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £531,612

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£532k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Assets

£50k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£-360.2k	£-227.2k
Current assets	£49.7k	£69.4k
Net assets	£-531.6k	£-442.1k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-20
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officers · CH01
2025-03-17
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-03-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-20
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-04-20
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second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-04-18
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capital · SH01
2024-04-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-18
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-18
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capital · SH10
2024-04-18
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capital · SH08
2024-03-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-09
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officers · AP04
2022-04-01
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AURIA ACCOUNTANCY (HERTS) LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2021-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-28
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DAVISON, Lorraine appointed
director
2017-12-04
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DAVISON, Fern appointed
director
2017-07-25
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DAVISON, Zak Ernest John appointed
director
2012-03-12
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY CAR CARE LTD
2012-03-12
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DAVISON, Ernest Ronald appointed
director

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 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.)

Group structure

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

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Stirling Cars Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ABBEY CAR CARE LTD

This company · 07985771

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Stirling Cars Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	01/04/2022
Mr Zak Ernest John Davison Individual · British · DOB 09/1995 · age 31	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/03/2021

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Ernest Ronald Davidsonceased 31/10/2025· 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

Incorporated2012-03-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Top Floor Leeside Works Lawrence Avenue

Stanstead Abbotts

Hertfordshire

SG12 8DL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-26

Last: 2026-03-12