ABBEY WINDOWS (TAUNTON) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09153390 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-30
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£213.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.5y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~3.5 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
30 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £213,684

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£186k
Net Worth
£214k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£223k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£48k£96k£144k£193k£241kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£392.1k£398.9k
Current assets£222.8k£240.6k
Cash£186.2k—
Debtors£36.5k—
Net assets£213.7k£182.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-11-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-02-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2022-11-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  10. 2022-11-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  11. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2021-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-08-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-07-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY WINDOWS (TAUNTON) LIMITED
  19. 2014-07-30
    ➕
    MCCALLUM, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2014-07-30
    ➕
    WEST, Kevin Roy appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

51/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Ruth Mccallum
Individual · British · DOB 03/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Kevin West
Individual · British · DOB 09/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2014-07-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing

Registered office

3 Marco Polo House
Cook Way
Taunton
Somerset
TA2 6BJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-23
Last: 2025-08-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

MCCALLUM, Ruth Elizabeth→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-07-30
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Active
WEST, Kevin Roy→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-07-30
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property09/11/2022—
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Recent filings (30 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-14
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-31