ABBEY COURT (DAVENTRY) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED

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09337858 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2014-12-02
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£9.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,823
Net assets shrinking
Down £6,176 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£10k
↓ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 38% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£16kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£9.8k£16.0k
Current assets£10.3k£16.5k
Net assets£9.8k£16.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2026-02-27
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    MANNING, Mark Keith resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-08-22
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    ELLIS, Mark Thomas appointed
    director
  8. 2023-08-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-07-30
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    REED, Rita Marie Melitta resigned
    director
  10. 2023-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-09-25
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    EDWARDS, Vincent resigned
    director
  12. 2022-09-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-04-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-04-07
    ➖
    MCKECHNIE, Susan Ceinwen resigned
    director
  16. 2021-09-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-09-01
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    MCKECHNIE, Susan Ceinwen appointed
    director
  18. 2021-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-12-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2018-11-30
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    IDDON, Nicholas Peter resigned
    director
  23. 2018-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  24. 2015-11-30
    ➖
    BUTLER, Christine Anne resigned
    director
  25. 2015-11-30
    ➖
    IDOON, Nicholas Peter resigned
    director
  26. 2015-08-01
    ➕
    BUTLER, Christine Anne appointed
    director
  27. 2015-08-01
    ➕
    IDOON, Nicholas Peter appointed
    director
  28. 2015-08-01
    ➕
    MANNING, Mark Keith appointed
    director
  29. 2014-12-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY COURT (DAVENTRY) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
  30. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    BUTLER, Christine Anne appointed
    director
  31. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Vincent appointed
    director
  32. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    IDDON, Nicholas Peter appointed
    director
  33. 2014-12-02
    ➕
    REED, Rita Marie Melitta appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Howkins & Harrison holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

🏛️
Howkins & Harrison
Corporate parent
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ABBEY COURT (DAVENTRY) PROPERTY MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 09337858

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Howkins & Harrison
Corporate entity
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2014-12-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

14 Bridge Street
Northampton
NN1 1NW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-16
Last: 2025-12-02

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

BUTLER, Christine Anne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2015-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLIS, Mark Thomas→
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-08-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTLER, Christine Anne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2014-12-02 · resigned 2015-11-30
Resigned
EDWARDS, Vincent→
director · ~54y · appointed 2014-12-02 · resigned 2022-09-25
Resigned
IDDON, Nicholas Peter→
director · ~72y · appointed 2014-12-02 · resigned 2018-11-30
Resigned
IDOON, Nicholas Peter→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-08-01 · resigned 2015-11-30
Resigned
MANNING, Mark Keith→
director · ~57y · appointed 2015-08-01 · resigned 2026-02-27
Resigned
MCKECHNIE, Susan Ceinwen→
director · ~64y · appointed 2021-09-01 · resigned 2022-04-07
Resigned
REED, Rita Marie Melitta→
director · ~94y · appointed 2014-12-02 · resigned 2023-07-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-02