ABBEY FARM INVESTMENTS LTD
🏛️Establishedactive
11712505 · ltd · incorporated 2018-12-05
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£-7.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -65% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
19 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £7,649
Cash draining
Cash down 65% YoY
Cash YoY
-65%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£267
↓ 65% YoY
Net Worth
-£8k
↓ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£267
↓ 65% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-7.6k | £-5.2k |
| Current assets | £267 | £768 |
| Cash | £267 | £768 |
| Net assets | £-7.6k | £-5.2k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-16📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-10-15➕CRAWFORD, Andrew William appointeddirector
- 2021-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-05📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-05-17📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2019-05-16➖CRAWFORD, Andrew William resigneddirector
- 2018-12-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY FARM INVESTMENTS LTD
- 2018-12-05➕CRAWFORD, Robert appointeddirector
- 2018-12-05➕CRAWFORD, Andrew William appointeddirector
- 2018-12-05📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
81/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
26/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CRAWFORD, Andrew William (same surname) appointed 2021-10-15. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Ariane Simone Crawford Individual · Trinidadian · DOB 09/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 03/07/2019 |
Mr Andrew William Crawford Individual · British · DOB 10/1987 · age 39 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 05/12/2018 |
Mr Robert Crawford Individual · British · DOB 06/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 05/12/2018 |
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
Incorporated2018-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies
Registered office
1 Fisher Lane
Bingham
Nottingham
NG13 8BQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
CRAWFORD, Andrew William→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2021-10-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CRAWFORD, Robert→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2018-12-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CRAWFORD, Andrew William→
Resigneddirector · ~39y · appointed 2018-12-05 · resigned 2019-05-16
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Recent filings (19 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-03-03