ABNEY & BAKER (BATH) LTD

🌳Matureactive
09704633 · ltd · incorporated 2015-07-27
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
£246.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
25 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £246,084
Net assets shrinking
Down £80,256 YoY
Cash YoY
+7020%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£83k
↑ 7020% YoY
Net Worth
£246k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Assets
£334k
↑ 138% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£67k£133k£200k£267k£334kJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£548.7k£355.2k
Current assets£333.7k£140.2k
Cash£83.5k£1.2k
Debtors£250.2k£139.0k
Net assets£246.1k£326.3k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-11
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  3. 2025-06-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2024-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-01-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-03-10
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-02-16
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-03-10
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    WILLIS, Lucy appointed
    director
  10. 2020-03-10
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-10-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-01-15
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-01
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-02-14
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-20
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 2015-07-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ABNEY & BAKER (BATH) LTD
  17. 2015-07-27
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    WILLIS, Ian Mark appointed
    director
  18. 2015-07-27
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    incorporation · NEWINC

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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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

Abney And Baker Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Abney And Baker Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ABNEY & BAKER (BATH) LTD
This company · 09704633

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
Abney And Baker Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Ian Mark Willisceased 11/06/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2015-07-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC88100 — Social work activities without accommodation for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

6 Coburg Villas
Camden Road
Bath
BA1 5JF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-09
Last: 2025-07-26

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WILLIS, Ian Mark→
director · ~56y · appointed 2015-07-27
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Active
WILLIS, Lucy→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-03-10
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Active

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Recent filings (25 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-10