THE ABBOTSHURST GROUP LIMITED
Company number 01606954 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
The Abbotshurst Group occupies a strategically advantageous position as an asset-rich holding company within the growing UK private security market, backed by the Tate Group's governance structure and Security Plus Limited's four-decade operational heritage. However, flat revenue trends, accelerating liabilities, and ongoing leadership transitions present immediate risks that must be addressed before the company can fully leverage its balance sheet strength for market expansion. The path forward requires disciplined execution on three fronts: stabilizing leadership and client relationships, deploying capital strategically into higher-margin security adjacencies, and establishing robust subsidiary monitoring to protect the holding company's asset base.
Shareholders' funds
£24,828,400
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
What it does
Private security activities
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1982-01-07
- Employees
- 2 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Tolerant House Bellringer Road, Trentham Lakes South, Stoke-On-Trent, Staffs, United Kingdom, ST4 8GZ
- Postcode
- ST4 8GZ
- Capital
- 25,250 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-30
- Financial year end
- 30 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-11
- Next due by
- 2026-11-25
Nature of business (SIC)
- 80100 Private security activities
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
- 96090 Other service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 1 current · 16 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by TATE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2024-10-23
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-03-14).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| THE ABBOTSHURST GROUP PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY | 2019-11-29 |
| ABBOTSHURST LIMITED | 1988-11-29 |
| CHAPTERHILL LIMITED | 1985-11-22 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THE MANOR HOUSE, HIGH STREET, UTTOXETER, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST14 7JQ | 2017-03-09 |
| 10 ASHBOURNE ROAD, UTTOXETER, STAFFORDSHIRE, ST14 7AZ | 2002-05-27 |
| HILL STREET HOUSE, 49 HILL STREET, STOKE, ST4 1NS | 1993-01-20 |
| 4 PALMERSTON RD, SHEFFIELD, S10 2TE | 1991-01-30 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 42 similar companies in ST
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1982.
No.1 of the largest private security activities companies in Stoke-On-Trent →
Competitors Stoke-On-Trent
This company ranks 1 among private security activities in Stoke-On-Trent.
The class of 1982
53%
of the 12,656 companies incorporated in 1982 are still active today; 39% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Freehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2018-03-14
- Price paid, where recorded
- £1,590,000
- Where
- Stoke-On-Trent (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SF634439 | Stoke-On-Trent | Freehold | 2018-03-14 | £700,000 |
| SF447527 | Stoke-On-Trent | Freehold | 2016-08-18 | £890,000 |
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