ABC CHEMICALS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08418646 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-25
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 10.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£275.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 10.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
39 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £275,010
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£9k
Net Worth
£275k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£102k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £657.5k | £673.4k |
| Current assets | £101.9k | £128.9k |
| Cash | £9.2k | — |
| Debtors | £88.1k | — |
| Net assets | £275.0k | £246.2k |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-04-01➕WHITE JONES, Claire appointeddirector
- 2022-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-01-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-23🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-17📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-12-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-11-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-10-26🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2018-07-31📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2018-07-31📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-12-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2013-02-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ABC CHEMICALS LIMITED
- 2013-02-25➕JONES, Andrew Martin appointeddirector
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
69/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Martin Jones Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 21/02/2022 |
Mrs Claire White Jones Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/02/2022 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Andrew Jonesceased 21/02/2022· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-02-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590
Registered office
19 Boulevard
Weston-Super-Mare
North Somerset
BS23 1NR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-06
Last: 2026-02-20
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
JONES, Andrew Martin→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2013-02-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHITE JONES, Claire→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2023-04-01
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 23/12/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/12/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/10/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/12/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (39 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-07-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-29