ABBOTSHALL SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC305853 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-25
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with leveraged stack — refinance / partial-release angle.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Multiple lenders to manage; inter-creditor friction and partial-release cost possible.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 11.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
£577.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
PursueProperty-backed borrower with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
5 live charges · oldest 11.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 11.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £577,695
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£578k
↑ 2.8% YoY
Current Assets
£168k
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-07-31 | 2023-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £850.3k | £834.4k |
| Current assets | £168.4k | £159.0k |
| Net assets | £577.7k | £561.7k |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2023-09-19🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2023-04-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2016-07-06🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2016-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-09-12📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2015-09-10🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2015-08-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-11-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-10-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2009-03-05➕ROSS, Lydia appointedsecretary
- 2009-03-05➕ROSS, Lydia appointeddirector
- 2009-03-05➖IAIN SMITH & COMPANY resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-09-08➕ROSS, Hamish appointeddirector
- 2006-09-08➖ISANDCO DIRECTORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
- 2006-07-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ABBOTSHALL SERVICES LIMITED
- 2006-07-25➕IAIN SMITH & COMPANY appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2006-07-25➕ISANDCO DIRECTORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Hamish Ross Individual · British · DOB 10/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Lydia Ross Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-25
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Registered office
16 Cliff Park
Cults
Aberdeen
AB15 9JT
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ROSS, Hamish→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2006-09-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IAIN SMITH & COMPANY→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-07-25 · resigned 2009-03-05
ISANDCO DIRECTORS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2006-07-25 · resigned 2006-09-08
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Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 06/07/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 10/09/2015 | — | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/12/2014 | 19/09/2023 | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/11/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 24/10/2014 | — |
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Recent filings (51 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-30