ABIGAIL ALATHEA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08517750 · ltd · incorporated 2013-05-07
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 102
Metric2024-05-31
Average employees100

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.

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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 (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  2. 2025-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-31
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-01-30
    ➖
    SIDES, Abigail resigned
    director
  5. 2024-02-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-03-31
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-03-30
    ➕
    SIDES, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  9. 2023-03-30
    ➕
    SIDES, Julie Ann appointed
    director
  10. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2020-11-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2020-10-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-07-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2020-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2020-07-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2020-07-04
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2020-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2020-02-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2013-05-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ABIGAIL ALATHEA LIMITED
  23. 2013-05-07
    ➕
    SIDES, Abigail appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Ms Abigail Sides
Individual · British · DOB 07/1987 · age 39
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2013-05-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Hebblethwaites 2 Westbrook Court
Sharrow Vale Road
Sheffield
South Yorkshire
S11 8YZ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SIDES, Andrew Mark→
director · ~67y · appointed 2023-03-30
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Active
SIDES, Julie Ann→
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-03-30
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Active
SIDES, Abigail→
director · ~39y · appointed 2013-05-07 · resigned 2025-01-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2026-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-02