ABBEY PACK EGGS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01265623 · ltd · incorporated 1976-06-28
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 38.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 38.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
99 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 100 | 100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-03➖ABBEY, Margaret Winifred resignedsecretary
- 2020-09-03➖ABBEY, Margaret Winifred resigneddirector
- 2020-09-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-09-03📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2020-09-03📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2016-07-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2016-07-18🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2016-07-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2016-07-05➕ABBEY, Alexander John appointeddirector
- 1988-11-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: T S B England & Wales PLC.
- 1988-01-22🔒Charge registered #1Lender: T S B England & Wales PLC.
- 1976-06-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBEY PACK EGGS LIMITED
Owner dependency
96/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ABBEY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 50 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 John Edwin Abbey Individual · British · DOB 06/1945 · age 81 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 05/09/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Margaret Winifred Abbeyceased 03/09/2020· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2155 LIMITED→ 14871373 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 2LOVEMY LTD→ 15530948 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| 365 FILLER LTD→ 13787280 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 8TH WONDER LTD.→ 03430336 · est 1997 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| ACAI FOODS UK LIMITED→ 11351492 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
| ACCOH LTD→ 10834213 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
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| ADA FASHION LTD→ 15271507 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1976-06-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46390 — Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Registered office
233 Wigan Road
Ashton-In-Makerfield
Wigan
Lancs
WN4 9SL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-19
Last: 2025-09-05
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
ABBEY, Alexander John→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2016-07-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ABBEY, Margaret Winifred→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2020-09-03
ABBEY, Margaret Winifred→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2020-09-03
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | T S B England & Wales . T S B England & Wales PLC. | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/11/1988 | 18/07/2016 | |
| satisfied | T S B England & Wales . T S B England & Wales PLC. | Mortgage debenture as evidenced by a statutory declaration dated 18/3/88. | 1 property | 22/01/1988 | 18/07/2016 |
Recent filings (99 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-09-03
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-09-03
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-09