ABROOK DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09073745 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-05
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
- · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- · Opportunity score: 71 → 79
- · Bankability: 55 → 65
- · Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Opportunity score: 71 → 79
- ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 55 → 65
- ·Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£256.5k
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
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). 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 8.4y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 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
70
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 £256,530
Net assets shrinking
Down £37,616 YoY
Cash YoY
+17%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£120k
↑ 17% YoY
Net Worth
£257k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£122k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-05 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.57M | £1.10M |
| Current assets | £122.5k | £108.0k |
| Cash | £119.8k | £102.3k |
| Debtors | £2.6k | £5.7k |
| Net assets | £256.5k | £294.1k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
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 (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-06-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-06-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-01🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2020-10-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2019-10-17🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2019-05-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-06-28🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2018-03-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-02-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2017-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-06-06➕LUCAS, Sonia appointeddirector
- 2014-06-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ABROOK DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
- 2014-06-05➕LUCAS, Dexter appointeddirector
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 66 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 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 66. 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 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Sonia Lucas Individual · British · DOB 06/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-06-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
14a High Street
Welwyn
Herts
AL6 9EQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
LUCAS, Dexter→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2014-06-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LUCAS, Sonia→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2014-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/06/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 17/10/2019 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 28/06/2018 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 26/02/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (36 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-12