AB CIVILS & GROUNDWORKS LTD
🌳Matureactive
09036725 · ltd · incorporated 2014-05-13
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£549.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £549,355
Cash YoY
+398%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£502k
↑ 398% YoY
Net Worth
£549k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 33% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £667.1k | £572.7k |
| Current assets | £1.17M | £873.9k |
| Cash | £501.6k | £100.8k |
| Debtors | £663.8k | £773.1k |
| Net assets | £549.4k | £467.3k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
7
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-03-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-05-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-04-30📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-02-07📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-02-07📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-11-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-08-23📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-05-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-06-01➕FINCH, Karl appointeddirector
- 2014-05-13🏢Company incorporatedAs AB CIVILS & GROUNDWORKS LTD
- 2014-05-13➕BROWITT, Ashley appointeddirector
- 2014-05-13➕BROWITT, Scott appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
63/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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 Scott Browitt Individual · British · DOB 01/1991 · age 35 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 31/05/2024 |
Mr Ashley Browitt Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 27/02/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-05-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Office 7, Block B1 Chorley Business & Technology
Centre, 8 East Terrace
Euxton Lane, Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 6TE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-26
Last: 2026-05-12
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BROWITT, Ashley→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2014-05-13
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BROWITT, Scott→
Activedirector · ~35y · appointed 2014-05-13
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Active
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Recent filings (51 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-21
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-25
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-02-10
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-02-07