ABBEY DRIVEWAYS LLANELLI LIMITED
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (70/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £1 |
| Cash | £1 |
| Net assets | £1 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-02📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-05-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-05-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-06-21📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-22📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-01-31🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY DRIVEWAYS LLANELLI LIMITED
- 2024-01-31➕O'BRIEN, Michael Martin Alfred appointeddirector
- 2024-01-31📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Young company: Only 2.4 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Martin Alfred O'Brien Individual · British · DOB 08/1990 · age 36 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 31/01/2024 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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 →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
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