ABBEYWOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10050483 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-08
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-2.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47890SIC 47890
  • 47910Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
23 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £2,158
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,853 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£2k
↓ 411% YoY
Current Assets
£11k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£2k£468£3k£6k£8k£11kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£17.1k£16.9k
Current assets£11.0k£8.8k
Net assets£-2.2k£695

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-08-12
    ➕
    FILLINGHAM, Charles Howard appointed
    director
  11. 2016-08-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2016-03-18
    ➕
    FILLINGHAM, Joan Margaret appointed
    director
  13. 2016-03-18
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    FILLINGHAM, Charles Howard resigned
    director
  14. 2016-03-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2016-03-18
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2016-03-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYWOLD LIMITED
  17. 2016-03-08
    ➕
    FILLINGHAM, Charles Howard appointed
    director
  18. 2016-03-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 77 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Joan Margaret Fillingham
Individual · English · DOB 03/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/02/2017
Mr Charles Howard Fillingham
Individual · English · DOB 05/1949 · age 77
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
Incorporated2016-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

Gatehouse Farm Carr Lane
Watton
Driffield
East Yorkshire
YO25 9AH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-21
Last: 2026-03-07

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

FILLINGHAM, Charles Howard→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-08-12
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Active
FILLINGHAM, Joan Margaret→
director · ~74y · appointed 2016-03-18
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Active
FILLINGHAM, Charles Howard→
director · ~77y · appointed 2016-03-08 · resigned 2016-03-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (23 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-15