ABN SERVICES CO. LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC216960 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-19
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 24.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. 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 (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.2y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 24.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 20/100 — clean.

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (4 active, 18 linked, 12 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
112 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees354100

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (57 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2026-02-19
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2026-02-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-10-08
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2025-10-08
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    Charge satisfied #1
  8. 2025-08-07
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2025-08-06
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  10. 2025-07-22
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    CLIMSON, Andrew John appointed
    director
  11. 2025-07-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-07-14
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    IRVING, Gordon John resigned
    director
  13. 2025-07-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2024-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2024-10-07
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2024-10-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2024-03-28
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  18. 2024-03-27
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  19. 2024-03-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  20. 2024-03-27
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  21. 2023-11-23
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    WATT, Mark William J appointed
    director
  22. 2023-11-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  23. 2023-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2022-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  25. 2018-06-11
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    ANDERSON, Alastair Thomas appointed
    director
  26. 2018-06-11
    ➖
    MCTAGGART, John Ross resigned
    director
  27. 2016-09-30
    ➖
    PATRICK, David Stewart resigned
    director
  28. 2015-03-05
    ➖
    MCTAGGART, William Morris resigned
    director
  29. 2014-08-01
    ➕
    IRVING, Gordon John appointed
    director
  30. 2014-07-31
    ➖
    IRVING, Gordon John resigned
    director
  31. 2012-09-20
    ➕
    MCTAGGART, William Morris appointed
    director
  32. 2012-09-20
    ➕
    PATRICK, David Stewart appointed
    director
  33. 2012-04-23
    ➖
    BRIGGS, Ian resigned
    secretary
  34. 2007-08-21
    ➖
    MCTAGGART, Angus Neil resigned
    director
  35. 2006-09-15
    ➕
    IRVING, Gordon John appointed
    director
  36. 2005-04-15
    ➖
    MCCUTCHEON, Bryce resigned
    director
  37. 2005-04-15
    ➕
    MCTAGGART, Angus Neil appointed
    director
  38. 2005-04-15
    ➕
    MCTAGGART, John Ross appointed
    director
  39. 2004-10-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  40. 2004-07-29
    ➕
    BRIGGS, Ian appointed
    secretary
  41. 2004-06-25
    ➖
    MCCUTCHEON, Anne Crawford Wyper resigned
    secretary
  42. 2003-04-15
    ➕
    CLIMSON, Gary appointed
    director
  43. 2003-04-14
    ➖
    HENDERSON, Neil James resigned
    director
  44. 2002-12-10
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  45. 2002-03-19
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    MCCUTCHEON, Anne Crawford Wyper appointed
    secretary
  46. 2002-03-19
    ➖
    MCCUTCHEON, Bryce resigned
    secretary
  47. 2002-02-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  48. 2001-03-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ABN SERVICES CO. LTD.
  49. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    MCCUTCHEON, Bryce appointed
    secretary
  50. 2001-03-19
    ➕
    PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
Showing most recent 50 of 57 events

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

20/100
No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CLIMSON, Andrew John (same surname) appointed 2025-07-22. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gary Mctaggart Brownlie
Individual · British · DOB 04/1992 · age 34
25–50%
—25-50% shares14/07/2025
Mrs Rosslyn Neill Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting27/02/2023
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gary Climsonceased 14/07/2025· significant influence
  • Mr John Ross Mctaggartceased 27/02/2023· 25-50% shares

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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
Incorporated2001-03-19
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Gardrum House Fenwick
Stewarton Road
Fenwick
KA3 6AS
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-11
Last: 2026-02-25

Officers (4 active · 14 resigned)

ANDERSON, Alastair Thomas→
director · ~52y · appointed 2018-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIMSON, Andrew John→
director · ~33y · appointed 2025-07-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CLIMSON, Gary→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATT, Mark William J→
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIGGS, Ian→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-29 · resigned 2012-04-23
Resigned
MCCUTCHEON, Anne Crawford Wyper→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-19 · resigned 2004-06-25
Resigned
MCCUTCHEON, Bryce→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2002-03-19
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2001-03-19
Resigned
HENDERSON, Neil James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2003-04-14
Resigned
IRVING, Gordon John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-08-01 · resigned 2025-07-14
Resigned
IRVING, Gordon John→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-09-15 · resigned 2014-07-31
Resigned
MCCUTCHEON, Bryce→
director · ~80y · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2005-04-15
Resigned
MCTAGGART, Angus Neil→
director · ~76y · appointed 2005-04-15 · resigned 2007-08-21
Resigned
MCTAGGART, John Ross→
director · ~77y · appointed 2005-04-15 · resigned 2018-06-11
Resigned
MCTAGGART, William Morris→
director · ~53y · appointed 2012-09-20 · resigned 2015-03-05
Resigned
PATRICK, David Stewart→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-09-20 · resigned 2016-09-30
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SECRETARIES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2001-03-19
Resigned
PETER TRAINER COMPANY SERVICES LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-19 · resigned 2001-03-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property10/12/200212/10/2004
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Bond & floating charge1 property27/02/200208/10/2025

Recent filings (112 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-24
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-10-08
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-08-07
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2025-08-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-07