ABBOTSWOOD CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09513612 · ltd · incorporated 2015-03-27
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Tax consultancy
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
30 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£200£400£600£800£1kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.0k£1.0k
Current assets£1.0k£1.0k
Net assets£1.0k£1.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  3. 2025-04-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-04-10
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-03-31
    ➕
    CATTLIN, Christopher appointed
    director
  6. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  8. 2023-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-23
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-02-22
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    NEWMAN, Laurence Paul resigned
    director
  13. 2020-06-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2020-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2015-05-15
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    NEWMAN, Laurence Paul appointed
    director
  19. 2015-03-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTSWOOD CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2015-03-27
    ➕
    DICKER, Stephen Patrick 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 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Abbotswood Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abbotswood Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABBOTSWOOD CONSULTANCY SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 09513612

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Abbotswood Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control27/03/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Aungier Lefevres Limitedceased 27/03/2025· 50-75% shares

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
Incorporated2015-03-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69203 — Tax consultancy

Registered office

Trevear House Old County Court
Alverton Terrace
Penzance
Cornwall
TR18 4GH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CATTLIN, Christopher→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-03-31
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Active
DICKER, Stephen Patrick→
director · ~72y · appointed 2015-03-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEWMAN, Laurence Paul→
director · ~77y · appointed 2015-05-15 · resigned 2021-02-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (30 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-04-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-04-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08