ABBOTT AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

10967785 · ltd · incorporated 2017-09-18

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 Oct 2024

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45190

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45200SIC 45200
45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
74100Specialised design activities

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

10 officers (5 active, 10 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

16 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Average employees	800	700

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2025-07-28
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accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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officers · TM01
2024-08-21
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officers · TM01
2024-08-21
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officers · TM01
2024-08-21
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officers · TM01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-08-21
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officers · AP01
2024-08-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-08-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-20
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MOSELEY, Jessica appointed
director
2024-08-20
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MOSELEY, Zac appointed
director
2024-08-20
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REDWOOD, Nigel appointed
director
2024-08-20
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RUSSELL, Marc appointed
director
2024-08-20
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AEBI, Marcel resigned
director
2024-08-20
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FREY, Michel resigned
director
2024-08-20
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GANDAR, Jean resigned
director
2024-08-20
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ROUSSEAUX, Romain Claude Remy Louis resigned
director
2024-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-10
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address · AD01
2022-07-29
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accounts · AA
2021-08-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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accounts · AA
2020-02-26
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-10-21
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MUFFAT-ES-JACQUES, Philippe Georges Leandre, M. resigned
director
2019-10-21
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-13
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AEBI, Marcel appointed
director
2019-08-13
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FREY, Michel appointed
director
2018-05-23
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GANDAR, Jean appointed
director
2018-03-26
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MUFFAT-ES-JACQUES, Philippe Georges Leandre, M. appointed
director
2018-03-14
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ROUSSEAUX, Romain Claude Remy Louis appointed
director
2017-09-18
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Company incorporated
As ABBOTT AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED
2017-09-18
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ABBOTT, Philip Reuben appointed
director

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 71 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

Cabotage Corporation is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Cabotage Corporation

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ABBOTT AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED

This company · 10967785

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Cabotage Corporation Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	20/08/2024

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Kreuzkapelle Agceased 20/08/2024· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
Jean Gandarceased 20/08/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Philip Reuben Abbottceased 20/08/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2017-09-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45190 — SIC 45190

Registered office

Unit 2 Frankland Commerce Park Harrier Way

Eagle Business Centre

Yaxley

PE7 3NN

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-01

Last: 2025-09-17