ABBEYFIELD (DARLINGTON) SOCIETY LIMITED (THE)

🌳Matureactive

00996404 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1970-12-08

Investment thesis

Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.

Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.

Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 46.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£2.26M

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). 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

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 46.2y

50/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 46.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 38/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (62/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

40 officers (8 active, 40 linked, 36 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

151 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

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 · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £2,256,160

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£137k

Net Worth

£2.3m

Current Assets

£173k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£2.26M
Current assets	£173.3k
Cash	£137.3k
Debtors	£36.0k
Net assets	£2.26M

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

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3 signals 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

• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (88 events)Click to expand

2026-03-18
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officers · TM01
2026-03-12
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TEAGUE, Andrew Mark resigned
director
2026-01-29
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accounts · AA
2025-12-13
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officers · AP01
2025-12-11
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BLENKINSOPP, Gary Crofton appointed
director
2024-12-19
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accounts · AA
2024-01-21
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officers · TM01
2024-01-09
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CROFT, Jennifer Sara, Revd resigned
director
2023-12-06
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officers · TM01
2023-11-08
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BIRNIE, Trevor, Dr resigned
director
2023-10-24
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accounts · AA
2023-03-22
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officers · AP01
2023-03-16
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LYLE, Elizabeth Fraser appointed
director
2023-02-06
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officers · TM01
2023-01-31
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WALL, Nancy resigned
director
2022-11-11
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accounts · AA
2022-11-07
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officers · AP01
2022-10-27
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TEAGUE, Andrew Mark appointed
director
2022-04-05
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officers · TM01
2022-03-31
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HESLOP, Lynne Pamela resigned
director
2021-12-06
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officers · TM01
2021-11-20
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KLYS, Kate Louise resigned
director
2021-11-15
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officers · AP01
2021-11-09
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officers · AP01
2021-11-08
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officers · AP01
2021-11-04
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accounts · AA
2021-10-14
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CROFT, Jennifer Sara, Revd appointed
director
2021-10-14
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KLYS, Kate Louise appointed
director
2021-07-29
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WALL, Nancy appointed
director
2020-12-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-16
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officers · CH01
2020-10-08
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WIPER, Gail Marie appointed
secretary
2019-12-10
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HARRISON, Thomas William resigned
director
2019-09-17
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ROBINSON, Paul William appointed
director
2019-07-22
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WATSON, Judith resigned
director
2019-05-10
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BODYCOMBE, David Aneurin resigned
director
2019-02-05
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RAILTON, David James, Reverend resigned
director
2018-11-20
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WIPER, Gail Marie appointed
director
2018-11-20
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HESLOP, Lynne Pamela appointed
director
2018-09-19
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MORROW, Robert resigned
director
2018-07-31
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STEEL, David Lindesay appointed
director
2018-06-04
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DAVISON, Peter Jeffrey resigned
director
2018-05-03
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GREEN, Marie resigned
director
2017-11-21
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SOBKOWIAK, Carole Anne appointed
director
2017-10-24
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BODYCOMBE, David Aneurin appointed
director
2017-08-29
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ROBINSON, Kevin Norman resigned
director
2016-02-01
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RAILTON, David James, Reverend appointed
director
2016-01-01
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WALTON, Denise Margaret Ann resigned
director
2015-11-02
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BIRNIE, Trevor, Dr appointed
director
2015-11-02
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ROBINSON, Kevin Norman appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 88 events

Owner dependency

55/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1970-12-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

Sir Charles Starmer House Danby Lodge

Ashcroft Road

Darlington

DL3 8PD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-24

Last: 2025-10-10