ABBEY STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09294416 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-04
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
22 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-23 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-04📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-11-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY STREET MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
- 2014-11-04➕CHILTON, Timothy appointeddirector
- 2014-11-04➕TRUEMAN, Simon appointeddirector
- 2014-11-04📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
- +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
71/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
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 |
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Mr Timothy Chilton Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Simon Trueman Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% 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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| 1 THE CROWN INN LTD→ 15935256 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| A D PUBS SHREWSBURY LTD→ 13920375 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| A4U→ 04381722 · est 2002 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
| AAJ3 LIMITED→ 14645281 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ABER COMMERCIAL TRADING LIMITED→ 13935800 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ABERYSTWYTH DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→ 10168195 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ABERYSTWYTH HOLIDAY VILLAGE LIMITED→ 10812904 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ABERYSTWYTH LIBERAL ASSOCIATION LIMITED→ 05389456 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| ABERYSTWYTH PARK LODGE LTD→ 03399021 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation
Registered office
Ty Coch
Pontdolgoch
Caersws
SY17 5NJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-18
Last: 2025-11-04
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CHILTON, Timothy→
Activedirector · ~76y · appointed 2014-11-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TRUEMAN, Simon→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2014-11-04
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Recent filings (22 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-11-12