ABBEYSIDE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
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Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
2 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
- • 1 accounts
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- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-14📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-24📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2011-08-02➖GRAY, Elizabeth resignedsecretary
- 2007-08-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEYSIDE CONSULTANCY LIMITED
- 2007-08-20➕GRAY, Adam David appointeddirector
- 2007-08-20➕GRAY, Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2007-08-20➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-08-20➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2007-08-20➕STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointedcorporate-director
- 2007-08-20➖STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resignedcorporate-director
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adam David Gray Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/07/2016 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Adam David Grayceased 02/07/2016· 75-100% shares
- Mr Adam David Grayceased 02/07/2016· 75-100% shares
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.
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