ABBANOY COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

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SC337347 · ltd · incorporated 2008-02-06
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2024
Net worth
£1.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 70229Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,419
Net assets shrinking
Down £43,629 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1k
↓ 97% YoY
Current Assets
£108k
↓ 54% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£47k£94k£141k£188k£235kAug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Total assets£128.4k£273.5k
Current assets£107.9k£234.6k
Cash—£228.6k
Debtors—£2.6k
Net assets£1.4k£45.0k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-06-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-04-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2020-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-11-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2016-01-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-03-12
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2013-02-25
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    MACDONALDS resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  17. 2009-09-10
    ➕
    BASCETTA, Gillian Mary appointed
    director
  18. 2008-05-14
    ➕
    BASCETTA, Emanuele appointed
    director
  19. 2008-05-14
    ➖
    WHITE, Joyce Helen resigned
    nominee-director
  20. 2008-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBANOY COMMERCIAL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  21. 2008-02-06
    ➕
    MACDONALDS appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2008-02-06
    ➕
    WHITE, Joyce Helen appointed
    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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Dr Emanuele Bascetta
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting25/01/2017
Mrs Gillian Mary Bascetta
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting25/01/2017

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
Incorporated2008-02-06
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47789 — Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (other than commercial art galleries and opticians)

Registered office

Suite 20, 145-149 Kilmarnock Road
Glasgow
G41 3JA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last: 2025-12-16

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

BASCETTA, Emanuele→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BASCETTA, Gillian Mary→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACDONALDS→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2008-02-06 · resigned 2013-02-25
Resigned
WHITE, Joyce Helen→
nominee-director · ~67y · appointed 2008-02-06 · resigned 2008-05-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-01
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-09-03