ABBOTT SURVEYORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08415161 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-22

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 12.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

£98.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.1y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 12.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

30 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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £98,709

Cash YoY

+6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£115k

↑ 6.4% YoY

Net Worth

£99k

↑ 8.6% YoY

Current Assets

£166k

↑ 23% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£140.1k	£140.8k
Current assets	£166.4k	£135.1k
Cash	£115.5k	£108.5k
Debtors	£51.0k	£26.6k
Net assets	£98.7k	£90.9k

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

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand

2025-05-29
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2024-06-20
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accounts · AA
2023-08-16
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accounts · AA
2022-08-09
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accounts · AA
2021-09-13
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accounts · AA
2020-07-03
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accounts · AA
2019-08-20
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accounts · AA
2018-08-17
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accounts · AA
2017-07-20
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accounts · AA
2016-06-03
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accounts · AA
2016-03-15
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annual-return · AR01
2015-07-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-03-05
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annual-return · AR01
2014-05-08
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mortgage · MR01
2014-05-07
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-04-28
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accounts · AA
2013-02-22
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Company incorporated
As ABBOTT SURVEYORS LIMITED
2013-02-22
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ABBOTT, Gemma Louise appointed
director
2013-02-22
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ABBOTT, Martyn appointed
director

Owner dependency

94/100

Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 60. 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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Martyn Abbott Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Mrs Gemma Louise Abbott Individual · British · DOB 07/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2013-02-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

19 Bowmans Close

Steyning

West Sussex

BN44 3SR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-12

Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ABBOTT, Gemma Louise→

director · ~51y · appointed 2013-02-22

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ABBOTT, Martyn→

director · ~60y · appointed 2013-02-22

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	07/05/2014	—

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