ABBEYCARE(UK) LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
10157800 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-30
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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 (4 active, 9 linked, 9 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees55004500

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-02
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-21
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  4. 2022-12-13
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  5. 2021-12-08
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  6. 2020-09-17
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  7. 2020-02-06
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  8. 2019-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-10-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2019-10-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2019-10-04
    DOWDING, Raymond John appointed
    director
  12. 2019-10-04
    MIDDLETON, Graham appointed
    director
  13. 2019-10-04
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-10-04
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-12-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2018-12-19
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  17. 2018-08-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  18. 2018-08-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  19. 2017-10-17
    BOWLEY, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  20. 2017-10-17
    MEHIGAN, Liam John appointed
    director
  21. 2017-10-17
    JONES, Christopher Ashley resigned
    director
  22. 2017-04-20
    JONES, Christopher Ashley appointed
    director
  23. 2017-02-23
    BOWLEY, Paul Andrew resigned
    director
  24. 2017-02-23
    MEHIGAN, Liam John resigned
    director
  25. 2016-08-01
    BOWLEY, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  26. 2016-07-29
    RAFFERTY, Helen Lorraine resigned
    director
  27. 2016-05-20
    BOWLEY, Paul Andrew resigned
    director
  28. 2016-05-20
    RAFFERTY, Helen Lorraine appointed
    director
  29. 2016-04-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEYCARE(UK) LIMITED
  30. 2016-04-30
    BOWLEY, Paul Andrew appointed
    director
  31. 2016-04-30
    MEHIGAN, Liam John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.

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

Hygrove House Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Hygrove House Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ABBEYCARE(UK) LIMITED
This company · 10157800

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
Hygrove House Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting09/08/2018
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Christopher Ashley Jonesceased 30/04/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Abbeycare Group Ltdceased 17/12/2018· 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
Incorporated2016-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87200 — Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Registered office

19 Park Road
Lytham St. Annes
Lancashire
FY8 1PW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19

Officers (4 active · 5 resigned)

BOWLEY, Paul Andrew
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-10-17
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Active
DOWDING, Raymond John
director · ~74y · appointed 2019-10-04
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Active
MEHIGAN, Liam John
director · ~55y · appointed 2017-10-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MIDDLETON, Graham
director · ~75y · appointed 2019-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWLEY, Paul Andrew
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-08-01 · resigned 2017-02-23
Resigned
BOWLEY, Paul Andrew
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-04-30 · resigned 2016-05-20
Resigned
JONES, Christopher Ashley
director · ~64y · appointed 2017-04-20 · resigned 2017-10-17
Resigned
MEHIGAN, Liam John
director · ~55y · appointed 2016-04-30 · resigned 2017-02-23
Resigned
RAFFERTY, Helen Lorraine
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-05-20 · resigned 2016-07-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-17
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2020-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28