ABBEY CHEMISTS LTD
🌳Matureactive
SC323221 · ltd · incorporated 2007-05-08
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 17.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 17.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 17.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 3900 | 4100 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
9
filings
- • 5 officers
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-27📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-01-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-18📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-18📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-12-20📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2024-10-11📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2024-10-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-03📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2021-01-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-12-21➕MOHAMMED, Imran, Dr appointeddirector
- 2012-12-21➕MOHAMMED, Siraj appointeddirector
- 2008-07-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2007-05-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY CHEMISTS LTD
- 2007-05-08➕MOHAMMED, Asgher appointedsecretary
- 2007-05-08➕MOHAMMED, Asgher appointeddirector
- 2007-05-08➕MOHAMMED, Farzana Kauser appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
73/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Asgher Mohammed Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-05-08
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47730 — Dispensing chemist in specialised stores
Registered office
C/O Alexander Sloan, 7th Floor, 180
St. Vincent Street
Glasgow
G2 5SG
Scotland
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-28
Last: 2025-10-14
Officers (5 active · 0 resigned)
Active
MOHAMMED, Asgher→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2007-05-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOHAMMED, Farzana Kauser→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2007-05-08
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MOHAMMED, Imran, Dr→
Activedirector · ~41y · appointed 2012-12-21
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MOHAMMED, Siraj→
Activedirector · ~39y · appointed 2012-12-21
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 14/07/2008 | 19/01/2021 |
Recent filings (77 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-03-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-18
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-11