ABBEY MOTOR VEHICLES LTD
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £13.2k | £11.4k |
| Current assets | £39.0k | £41.6k |
| Cash | £10.7k | £5.3k |
| Debtors | £1.3k | — |
| Net assets | £13.2k | £11.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-11-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-11-07📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-09-30➖WOODHOUSE, David resigneddirector
- 2017-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-12📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-10-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY MOTOR VEHICLES LTD
- 2013-10-08➕LAMMAS, Helen appointeddirector
- 2013-10-08➕WOODHOUSE, David appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Helen Lammas Individual · British · DOB 03/1973 · age 53 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/09/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr David Woodhouseceased 30/09/2017· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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