ABERCROMBY DUNCAN INTERIORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC248183 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-23
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 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£39.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
60 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £39,402
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Net assets shrinking
Down £42,799 YoY
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£39k
↓ 52% YoY
Current Assets
£95k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£29k£59k£88k£118k£147kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£99.5k£151.8k
Current assets£95.5k£146.9k
Net assets£39.4k£82.2k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-09-16
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  3. 2024-11-22
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  4. 2024-02-14
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  5. 2023-01-09
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  6. 2021-12-22
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  7. 2020-12-15
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  8. 2020-02-24
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  9. 2018-10-10
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  10. 2018-02-27
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  11. 2016-11-10
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  12. 2016-04-27
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  13. 2015-12-16
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  14. 2015-04-27
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  15. 2015-04-27
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  16. 2015-04-27
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  17. 2008-05-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
  18. 2003-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ABERCROMBY DUNCAN INTERIORS LIMITED
  19. 2003-04-23
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    DUNCAN, Suzanne appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-04-23
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    DUNCAN, Jeff appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-23
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    DUNCAN, Suzanne appointed
    director
  22. 2003-04-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-04-23
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-04-23
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2003-04-23
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    STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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 "DUNCAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Suzanne Duncan
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-04-23
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

The Cottage
4 Campsie Glen
Glasgow
G66 7AB
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-07
Last: 2025-04-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DUNCAN, Suzanne→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
DUNCAN, Jeff→
director · ~55y · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
DUNCAN, Suzanne→
director · ~56y · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2003-04-23
Resigned
STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2003-04-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Scotland PLC
Standard security1 property06/05/2008—
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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-26