AB&MW LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
10509433 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-05
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
26 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-03📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-12-02📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-09-14➕MATTHEWS, Stephanie Winnifred appointeddirector
- 2024-09-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-13📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-07-01➖WILLIAMS, Margaret Joy resigneddirector
- 2023-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-12-05🏢Company incorporatedAs AB&MW LTD
- 2016-12-05➕BERESFORD, Marjorie Anne appointedsecretary
- 2016-12-05➕BERESFORD, Marjorie Anne appointeddirector
- 2016-12-05➕WILLIAMS, Margaret Joy appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Ms Stephanie Winnifred Matthews Individual · British · DOB 08/1969 · age 57 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 14/09/2024 |
Ms Marjorie Anne Beresford Individual · British · DOB 07/1961 · age 65 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 05/12/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Ms Margaret Joy Williamsceased 14/04/2024· 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
Incorporated2016-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
9 Brownlow Mews
London
WC1N 2LD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-02
Last: 2025-12-19
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
BERESFORD, Marjorie Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2016-12-05
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BERESFORD, Marjorie Anne→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2016-12-05
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MATTHEWS, Stephanie Winnifred→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2024-09-14
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WILLIAMS, Margaret Joy→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2016-12-05 · resigned 2024-07-01
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Recent filings (26 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-09-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-14
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-13
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-19