ABBEY OAKS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08341863 · ltd · incorporated 2012-12-27
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company 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. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
42 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
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2018-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-03📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-12-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-06-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2012-12-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY OAKS LIMITED
- 2012-12-27➕STOUT, Michael appointedsecretary
- 2012-12-27➕STOUT, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2012-12-27➕STOUT, Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 signalMultiple 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 13 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
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Michael Stout Individual · English · DOB 11/1965 · age 61 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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6 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
Incorporated2012-12-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities
Registered office
246 Godstone Road
Whyteleafe
CR3 0EF
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-10
Last: 2025-12-27
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
STOUT, Deborah→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2012-12-27
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STOUT, Michael→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2012-12-27
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Recent filings (42 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-15