ABBEY HALL CINEMA LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11935555 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-09
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
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£20£40£60£80£100Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£100£100
Debtors£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-05-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-05-11
    📄
    replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
  4. 2026-01-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2025-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-05-14
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2025-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2025-05-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2025-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-05-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-03-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-06-17
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2020-06-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2020-06-17
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2020-06-17
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2020-04-07
    ➖
    LUMIERE KINESIS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2019-04-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY HALL CINEMA LIMITED
  22. 2019-04-09
    ➕
    WIPER, Ian Gilbert appointed
    director
  23. 2019-04-09
    ➕
    WIPER, Susan Margaret appointed
    director
  24. 2019-04-09
    ➕
    LUMIERE KINESIS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Gilbert Wiper
Individual · British · DOB 06/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/04/2020
Mrs Susan Margaret Wiper
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/04/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Lumiere Kinesis Limitedceased 07/04/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-04-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

41 Port Street
Evesham
Worcestershire
WR11 3LD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-22
Last: 2026-04-08

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WIPER, Ian Gilbert→
director · ~66y · appointed 2019-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WIPER, Susan Margaret→
director · ~69y · appointed 2019-04-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LUMIERE KINESIS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2019-04-09 · resigned 2020-04-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-19
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-19
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28