ABBA BLINDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC089820 · ltd · incorporated 1984-09-26

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 30.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£475.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 13923

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 30.5y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 30.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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

Lenders & charges

4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

132 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £475,925

Net assets shrinking

Down £186,492 YoY

Cash YoY

-7%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£403k

↓ 6.9% YoY

Net Worth

£476k

↓ 28% YoY

Current Assets

£889k

↓ 18% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£579.4k	£725.0k
Current assets	£888.8k	£1.08M
Cash	£403.2k	£432.9k
Debtors	£310.8k	£427.3k
Net assets	£475.9k	£662.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand

2026-04-08
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2025-09-18
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-18
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-06-18
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accounts · AA
2020-01-22
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officers · AP01
2020-01-08
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-11-15
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2019-11-15
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-11-15
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capital · SH08
2019-11-15
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capital · SH06
2019-11-15
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capital · SH03
2019-03-29
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FRIEL, Christian Jane appointed
director
2013-10-10
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
2011-11-11
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BISHOP, Philip resigned
director
2007-04-30
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MCKINSTREY, Veronica appointed
director
2003-06-14
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BISHOP, John resigned
secretary
2002-10-01
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FRIEL, Christian appointed
secretary
1997-12-31
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BISHOP, Christian Gentleman resigned
director
1997-12-31
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BISHOP, John resigned
director
1997-06-19
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1997-05-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1995-12-22
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company
1994-09-30
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BISHOP, Brian John appointed
director
1994-09-30
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BISHOP, Philip appointed
director
1994-01-01
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BISHOP, Ian William resigned
director
1993-11-01
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BISHOP, Christian Gentleman appointed
director
1993-03-31
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BISHOP, John appointed
secretary
1993-03-31
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MCKINNON, Janet resigned
secretary
1991-10-01
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BISHOP, Ian William appointed
director
1991-04-05
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MCKINNON, Alexander resigned
director
1984-09-26
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Company incorporated
As ABBA BLINDS LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Brian John Bishop Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Mrs Christian Jane Friel Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1984-09-26

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC13923 — SIC 13923

Registered office

6th Floor, Gordon Chambers

90 Mitchell Street

Glasgow

G1 3NQ

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-11

Last: 2026-03-28

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

FRIEL, Christian→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-01

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Active

BISHOP, Brian John→

director · ~70y · appointed 1994-09-30

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Active

FRIEL, Christian Jane→

director · ~59y · appointed 2019-03-29

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Active

MCKINSTREY, Veronica→

director · ~64y · appointed 2007-04-30

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Active

BISHOP, John→

secretary · appointed 1993-03-31 · resigned 2003-06-14

Resigned

MCKINNON, Janet→

secretary · resigned 1993-03-31

Resigned

BISHOP, Christian Gentleman→

director · ~94y · appointed 1993-11-01 · resigned 1997-12-31

Resigned

BISHOP, Ian William→

director · ~63y · appointed 1991-10-01 · resigned 1994-01-01

Resigned

BISHOP, John→

director · ~93y · resigned 1997-12-31

Resigned

BISHOP, Philip→

director · ~67y · appointed 1994-09-30 · resigned 2011-11-11

Resigned

MCKINNON, Alexander→

director · ~83y · resigned 1991-04-05

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	10/10/2013	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Standard security	1 property	19/06/1997	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Floating charge	1 property	29/05/1997	—
outstanding	Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank Public Limited Company	Standard security	1 property	22/12/1995	—

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Recent filings (132 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-04-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-04-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-04-02

memorandum-articles

incorporation · MA

2025-09-18

resolution

resolution · RESOLUTIONS

2025-09-18