ABTOR LTD

🌳Matureactive
09630436 · ltd · incorporated 2015-06-09
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£1.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 2.4y

10/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Newest facility, 2.4 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
36 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,024
Net assets shrinking
Down £12,471 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 66% YoY
Cash YoY
-66%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 66% YoY
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 92% YoY
Current Assets
£266k
↑ 2.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£53k£106k£160k£213k£266kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£29.0k£49.7k
Current assets£266.1k£260.2k
Cash£4.1k£12.0k
Debtors£261.8k£247.9k
Net assets£1.0k£13.5k

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

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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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-19
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-08-12
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    MARR, Steve David appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-12
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    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-01-08
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-12-09
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    capital · SH08
  7. 2024-11-18
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    TAYLOR, Christoper appointed
    director
  8. 2023-12-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  9. 2023-12-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
  10. 2023-10-31
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-04-13
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  12. 2022-10-12
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  13. 2022-01-31
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  14. 2021-03-26
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  15. 2021-03-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-03-26
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-03-26
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  18. 2021-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-02-04
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-03-13
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  21. 2019-03-12
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    capital · SH08
  22. 2015-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ABTOR LTD
  23. 2015-06-09
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    MARR, Ivan Colin appointed
    director
  24. 2015-06-09
    ➕
    SAVAGE, Martin John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

25/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MARR, Steve David (same surname) appointed 2025-08-12. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr Ivan Marr
Individual · British · DOB 04/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Martin John Savage
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2015-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Old Bank The Triangle
Paulton
Bristol
BS39 7LE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-23
Last: 2025-06-09

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

MARR, Ivan Colin→
director · ~82y · appointed 2015-06-09
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Active
MARR, Steve David→
director · ~54y · appointed 2025-08-12
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Active
SAVAGE, Martin John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2015-06-09
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Active
TAYLOR, Christoper→
director · ~42y · appointed 2024-11-18
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cambridge & Counties
Cambridge & Counties Bank Limited
A registered charge1 property19/12/2023—
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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-08
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capital · SH08
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29