ABW CONSULTANTS LTD

🌳Matureactive

SC458026 · ltd · incorporated 2013-08-30

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

—

year to Aug 2024

Net worth

£6.4k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Sector: Real estate

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

38 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £6,431

Net assets shrinking

Down £152,009 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£6k

↓ 96% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↓ 82% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£6.4k	£158.4k
Current assets	£1.7k	£9.2k
Net assets	£6.4k	£158.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2025-05-31
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2024-05-31
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2023-05-03
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2022-05-21
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2021-05-26
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accounts · AA
2021-03-07
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2021-03-07
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2021-03-07
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officers · AP01
2021-01-01
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BEURSKENS, Gordon appointed
director
2020-07-02
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officers · TM01
2020-07-02
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2020-07-02
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2020-06-30
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BEURSKENS, Gordon resigned
director
2020-05-24
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2020-05-24
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2020-05-24
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2020-05-23
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officers · AP01
2020-04-26
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2020-04-01
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MCMILLAN, Sadie appointed
director
2019-05-01
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2013-08-30
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Company incorporated
As ABW CONSULTANTS LTD
2013-08-30
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BEURSKENS, Gordon appointed
director

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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Beurskens Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/01/2021
Mrs Sadie Mcmillan Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	30/11/2018

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Gordon Beurskensceased 30/06/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
Mr Gordon Beurskensceased 30/11/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2013-08-30

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

25 Rashierigg Place

Longridge

West Lothian

EH47 8AT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-14

Last: 2025-08-31

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BEURSKENS, Gordon→

director · ~64y · appointed 2021-01-01

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Active

MCMILLAN, Sadie→

director · ~67y · appointed 2020-04-01

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Active

BEURSKENS, Gordon→

director · ~64y · appointed 2013-08-30 · resigned 2020-06-30

Resigned

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