ABZ DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC355121 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-16

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 15.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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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

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

6 live charges · oldest 15.5y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 15.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

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

Lenders & charges

6 charges (6/6 with lender, 6/6 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (5 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

28 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-02-28
Average employees	4

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

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2 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2025-12-03
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accounts · AA
2025-05-13
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mortgage · MR04
2025-05-13
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-13
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-05-13
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Charge satisfied #6
2025-05-13
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Charge satisfied #5
2025-05-13
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Charge satisfied #4
2024-12-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-07-15
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mortgage · MR01
2022-06-30
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Charge registered #6
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-06-30
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-06-14
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mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-06-06
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2022-01-14
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officers · TM01
2021-12-31
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CURRAN, John William resigned
director
2021-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-01
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officers · AP01
2020-12-01
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officers · TM01
2020-11-30
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KING, Allan Alexander appointed
director
2020-11-30
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KING, Allan Duncan resigned
director
2020-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-10-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2018-07-31
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2018-07-31
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Charge satisfied #3
2018-05-30
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Charge satisfied #2
2012-07-31
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PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2012-07-31
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MD SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2012-06-09
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Charge satisfied #1
2012-06-07
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2012-04-02
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CURRAN, John William appointed
director
2011-12-19
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KING, Allan Duncan appointed
director
2011-12-13
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2011-08-25
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MD SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-08-25
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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE resigned
corporate-secretary
2010-11-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
2009-02-16
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Company incorporated
As ABZ DEVELOPMENT LIMITED
2009-02-16
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STEVENSON, George Stewart appointed
director
2009-02-16
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STEVENSON, Paul Andrew, Mr. appointed
director
2009-02-16
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STEVENSON, Timothy Stewart appointed
director
2009-02-16
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RAEBURN CHRISTIE CLARK & WALLACE appointed
corporate-secretary

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+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

83/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Group structure

Ribnort Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ribnort Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ABZ DEVELOPMENT LIMITED

This company · SC355121

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ribnort Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2009-02-16

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

13 Queen's Road

Aberdeen

AB15 4YL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-20

Last: 2026-03-06