ABBEY POWER RESERVE BALDERTON LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14519301 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-01
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£28.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35130
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
18 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
12 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
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 £28,659

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£29k
Current Assets
£8k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£28.7k
Current assets£7.6k
Net assets£28.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-01-18
    ➕
    DUCE, Alex John appointed
    director
  3. 2026-01-12
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-01-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2025-10-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-06-26
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2024-11-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-05-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-05-13
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2024-01-08
    ➖
    DUCE, Alexander John Charles resigned
    director
  11. 2022-12-01
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY POWER RESERVE BALDERTON LTD
  12. 2022-12-01
    ➕
    DUCE, Roland John Bernard appointed
    director
  13. 2022-12-01
    ➕
    DUCE, Alexander John Charles appointed
    director
  14. 2022-12-01
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — DUCE, Alex John (same surname) appointed 2026-01-18. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

Abbey Commercial Investments Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Abbey Commercial Investments Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
⬇
ABBEY POWER RESERVE BALDERTON LTD
This company · 14519301

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
Abbey Commercial Investments Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/12/2022

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
Incorporated2022-12-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35130 — SIC 35130

Registered office

7 St. Marys Hill
Stamford
PE9 2DP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-14
Last: 2025-11-30

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

DUCE, Alex John→
director · ~46y · appointed 2026-01-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUCE, Roland John Bernard→
director · ~78y · appointed 2022-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUCE, Alexander John Charles→
director · ~46y · appointed 2022-12-01 · resigned 2024-01-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (12 total)

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-12
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-01