ABBEY GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10300052 · ltd · incorporated 2016-07-28
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£846.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 25990SIC 25990
- 71121Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
- 74100Specialised design activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.8y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.8 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 4 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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £846,155
Cash YoY
+88%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£32k
↑ 88% YoY
Net Worth
£846k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Assets
£2.6m
↓ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £891.4k | £611.2k |
| Current assets | £2.64M | £3.26M |
| Cash | £31.9k | £16.9k |
| Debtors | £2.29M | £3.15M |
| Net assets | £846.2k | £597.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-16📄replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP01AP01
- 2025-07-22📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
- 2025-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-12-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-12-13➕JONES, Christopher Paul appointeddirector
- 2024-12-13📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-15📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-03📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-11-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-11-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-11-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-11-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-30➕CONNOLLY, Nicholas Watkin appointeddirector
- 2020-10-30➖JONES, Christopher Paul resigneddirector
- 2020-10-30➖WILKINS, Brian Malcom resigneddirector
- 2020-10-30➖WILKINS, Simon Kenneth resigneddirector
- 2020-10-10➖O'BRIEN, Myke resigneddirector
- 2018-06-07➕WILKINS, Brian Malcom appointeddirector
- 2018-06-07➕WILKINS, Simon Kenneth appointeddirector
- 2018-01-15➕O'BRIEN, Myke appointeddirector
- 2016-07-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY GROUP INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
- 2016-07-28➕JONES, Christopher Paul appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
46/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Paul Jones Individual · British · DOB 03/1976 · age 50 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 13/12/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Nicholas Watkin Connollyceased 13/12/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mr Christopher Paul Jonesceased 30/10/2020· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-07-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Registered office
Hanover Buildings
11-13 Hanover Street
Liverpool
Merseyside
L1 3DN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-27
Last: 2025-12-13
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
CONNOLLY, Nicholas Watkin→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2020-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Christopher Paul→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2024-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
JONES, Christopher Paul→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2016-07-28 · resigned 2020-10-30
O'BRIEN, Myke→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2018-01-15 · resigned 2020-10-10
WILKINS, Brian Malcom→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2018-06-07 · resigned 2020-10-30
WILKINS, Simon Kenneth→
Resigneddirector · ~46y · appointed 2018-06-07 · resigned 2020-10-30
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 18/07/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (53 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-10
replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-12-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-12-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26