ABBEY LANE PROPERTIES LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

11265989 · ltd · incorporated 2018-03-20

Investment thesis

Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.

Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.

Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£-23.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Development of building projects

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

8 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £23,272

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£23k

↓ 36% YoY

Current Assets

£367k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£367.2k	£367.0k
Current assets	£367.2k	£367.0k
Net assets	£-23.3k	£-17.1k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand

2026-06-08
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-14
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-27
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-12
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-20
🏢
Company incorporated
As ABBEY LANE PROPERTIES LIMITED
2018-03-20
➕
AINSLEY, Jonathan James appointed
secretary
2018-03-20
➕
ADAMS, Paul Frederick appointed
director
2018-03-20
➕
AINSLEY, Jonathan James appointed
director
2018-03-20
➕
DOWNEY, Mark James appointed
director
2018-03-20
➕
GREHAN, Kevin Michael appointed
director
2018-03-20
➕
HAYWARD, Philip Stanley appointed
director
2018-03-20
📄
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 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.)

🔒Co-director network graph

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Construction · IP postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ABDEC LIMITED→ 03394916 · est 1997 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	28y	—	—
ABEL CONSTRUCTION LTD→ 11881778 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ABEL DEVELOPMENTS LIMITED→ 06271256 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
ABOVE & BEYOND KITCHENS LTD→ 14730647 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
ABRAM SCAFFOLDING LTD→ 14965061 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ABS BUILD HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 14454849 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
ABS BUILD LIMITED→ 13520431 · est 2021 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ABSOLUTE MECHANICAL LTD→ 06444920 · est 2007 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	18y	—	—
ABSTRACT PCM LTD→ 12229129 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
AC WEBB (ELECTRICAL CONTRACTORS) LIMITED→ 04409914 · est 2002 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
ACADEMY BUILDING CONTRACTS LIMITED→ 05440811 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	—	—
ACCESS ABILITY PLATFORMS LIMITED→ 03091646 · est 1995 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	30y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2018-03-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

Church Cottage The Street

Stanton

Bury St. Edmunds

Suffolk

IP31 2DB

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-02

Last: 2026-03-19

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

AINSLEY, Jonathan James→

secretary · appointed 2018-03-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ADAMS, Paul Frederick→

director · ~71y · appointed 2018-03-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

AINSLEY, Jonathan James→

director · ~62y · appointed 2018-03-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DOWNEY, Mark James→

director · ~55y · appointed 2018-03-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

GREHAN, Kevin Michael→

director · ~61y · appointed 2018-03-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

HAYWARD, Philip Stanley→

director · ~61y · appointed 2018-03-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.