ABERGAVENNY GARDEN CENTRE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08228580 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-25
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
33 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · IFRS
Metric2024-09-30
Average employees1200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-02
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2023-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-30
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Blake Ian Dafydd appointed
    director
  10. 2019-04-30
    ➕
    TRINDER, Gavin appointed
    director
  11. 2019-04-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2019-04-30
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-09-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2016-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-03-07
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    MCDONALD, Neil George resigned
    director
  18. 2015-09-30
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  19. 2015-01-12
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    MCDONALD, James David George resigned
    director
  20. 2012-09-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABERGAVENNY GARDEN CENTRE LTD
  21. 2012-09-25
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Ian Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2012-09-25
    ➕
    MCDONALD, James David George appointed
    director
  23. 2012-09-25
    ➕
    MCDONALD, Neil George appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Thomas Mcdonald
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2012-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47760 — SIC 47760

Registered office

Evesham Gardens
Llanfoist
Abergavenny
Gwent
NP7 9LF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-09
Last: 2025-09-25

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

MCDONALD, Blake Ian Dafydd→
director · ~41y · appointed 2019-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONALD, Ian Thomas→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-09-25
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Active
TRINDER, Gavin→
director · ~32y · appointed 2019-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCDONALD, James David George→
director · ~43y · appointed 2012-09-25 · resigned 2015-01-12
Resigned
MCDONALD, Neil George→
director · ~73y · appointed 2012-09-25 · resigned 2016-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-07