A B HOMES (SW) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
13497529 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-06
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jul 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
11 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
60
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 accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees200200

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2023-03-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2021-07-06
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    Company incorporated
    As A B HOMES (SW) LTD
  8. 2021-07-06
    TOSCANI, Ivan Reginald appointed
    director
  9. 2021-07-06
    VARLEY, James Nathan appointed
    director
  10. 2021-07-06
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

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 67. 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.)

Group structure

Ab Homes Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ab Homes Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
A B HOMES (SW) LTD
This company · 13497529

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ab Homes Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/07/2021

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
Incorporated2021-07-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

C/O Dickinsons, Brandon House
First Floor, 90 The Broadway
Chesham
HP5 1EG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TOSCANI, Ivan Reginald
director · ~67y · appointed 2021-07-06
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Active
VARLEY, James Nathan
director · ~50y · appointed 2021-07-06
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Active

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Recent filings (11 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2021-07-06