ABBEY BUSINESS INTERIORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08914340 · ltd · incorporated 2014-02-27
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46150
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.0y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
71 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Average employees2600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2025-11-05
    ➖
    NEWELL, Andrew John resigned
    director
  3. 2025-08-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-05
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-04-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-04-01
    ➕
    NEWELL, Andrew John appointed
    director
  7. 2024-03-09
    📄
    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  8. 2024-03-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  10. 2023-10-27
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2023-10-27
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    Charge satisfied #2
  12. 2023-10-27
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  13. 2023-05-12
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2023-05-10
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  15. 2022-12-20
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-08-22
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  17. 2022-08-12
    ➕
    HERBST, Jacques Andre appointed
    director
  18. 2022-08-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2022-08-08
    ➖
    BRIMBLE, Neil Andrew resigned
    director
  20. 2022-03-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2021-03-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2021-03-09
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  23. 2021-02-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  24. 2020-09-25
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  25. 2020-02-28
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  26. 2019-04-17
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  27. 2019-04-02
    ➕
    BRIMBLE, Neil Andrew appointed
    director
  28. 2019-04-02
    ➖
    HARRIS, Timothy Desmond resigned
    director
  29. 2019-04-02
    ➖
    HASTINGS, Charles Richard resigned
    director
  30. 2019-04-02
    ➖
    STEVENSON, David John resigned
    director
  31. 2019-04-02
    ➖
    STRADLING, Mark resigned
    director
  32. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    LAYER, Stephen appointed
    director
  33. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    HARRIS, Timothy Desmond appointed
    director
  34. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    HASTINGS, Charles Richard appointed
    director
  35. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    STEVENSON, David John appointed
    director
  36. 2015-06-01
    ➕
    STRADLING, Mark appointed
    director
  37. 2015-06-01
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Santander UK PLC
  38. 2014-07-09
    ➕
    GILES, David Bernard appointed
    director
  39. 2014-07-09
    ➖
    GARNETT, Margaret Anne resigned
    director
  40. 2014-02-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY BUSINESS INTERIORS LIMITED
  41. 2014-02-27
    ➕
    GARNETT, Margaret Anne appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Abbey Business Interiors Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abbey Business Interiors Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ABBEY BUSINESS INTERIORS LIMITED
This company · 08914340

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Abbey Business Interiors Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting02/04/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Bernard Gilesceased 02/04/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-02-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46150 — SIC 46150

Registered office

23 Neptune Business Centre
Tewkesbury Road
Cheltenham
Gloucestershire
GL51 9FB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-13
Last: 2026-02-27

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

GILES, David Bernard→
director · ~62y · appointed 2014-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HERBST, Jacques Andre→
director · ~55y · appointed 2022-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAYER, Stephen→
director · ~58y · appointed 2015-06-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIMBLE, Neil Andrew→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-04-02 · resigned 2022-08-08
Resigned
GARNETT, Margaret Anne→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-02-27 · resigned 2014-07-09
Resigned
HARRIS, Timothy Desmond→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2019-04-02
Resigned
HASTINGS, Charles Richard→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2019-04-02
Resigned
NEWELL, Andrew John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-04-01 · resigned 2025-11-05
Resigned
STEVENSON, David John→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2019-04-02
Resigned
STRADLING, Mark→
director · ~62y · appointed 2015-06-01 · resigned 2019-04-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property10/05/2023—
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge1 property17/04/201927/10/2023
satisfied
Santander
Santander UK PLC
A registered charge—01/06/201527/10/2023
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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-06
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-06-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-08
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2024-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-01
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-10-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-22