A.B. PARTON & SON LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
00821061 · ltd · incorporated 1964-09-29
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.22M
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (78/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 46.9y

15/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 46.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
126 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.

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Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
69
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,219,134
Cash YoY
+28%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£221k
↑ 28% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Assets
£311k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£244k£488k£731k£975k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.33M£1.26M
Current assets£310.9k£259.0k
Cash£220.8k£172.3k
Debtors£2.9k£4.0k
Net assets£1.22M£1.16M

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
5
filings
  • • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-10
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  3. 2025-12-10
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    officers · TM02
  4. 2025-12-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-12-01
    ➖
    EDWARDS-PARTON, Margaret Louise resigned
    secretary
  6. 2025-12-01
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    EDWARDS-PARTON, Margaret resigned
    director
  7. 2025-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  8. 2024-09-25
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  9. 2023-10-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2022-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2020-01-06
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  14. 2019-12-23
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  15. 2019-01-02
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  16. 2018-11-30
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    officers · TM01
  17. 2018-11-23
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    EDWARDS-PARTON, Andrew resigned
    director
  18. 2018-02-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2018-02-06
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    EDWARDS-PARTON, Simon resigned
    director
  20. 2018-01-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  21. 2017-04-13
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    EDWARDS-PARTON, Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 2017-04-13
    ➕
    EDWARDS-PARTON, Simon appointed
    director
  23. 2017-03-28
    ➕
    EDWARDS-PARTON, Margaret appointed
    director
  24. 2014-08-20
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    Charge satisfied #4
  25. 2011-12-05
    ➖
    PARTON, Joan resigned
    director
  26. 2008-09-03
    ➖
    MEREDITH, Christopher George Howard resigned
    director
  27. 2008-08-08
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #5
  28. 2008-05-01
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  29. 1999-03-18
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    MEREDITH, Christopher George Howard appointed
    director
  30. 1993-09-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #3
  31. 1993-09-09
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 1993-09-06
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Esso Petroleum Company Limited.
  33. 1993-04-14
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  34. 1986-09-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  35. 1986-09-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  36. 1979-07-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank LTD
  37. 1964-09-29
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A.B. PARTON & SON LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PARTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 62 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

2 med ·
2 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: EDWARDS-PARTON, Margaret Louise resigned 2025-12-01; EDWARDS-PARTON, Margaret resigned 2025-12-01

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.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Edwards Parton
Individual · British · DOB 01/1944 · age 82
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Margaret Edwards-Partonceased 01/12/2025· 25-50% shares

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1964-09-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

3 Ash Mount
Audlem Road
Woore
Shropshire
CW3 9RJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: 2025-12-21

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

PARTON, John Edwards→
director · ~82y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS-PARTON, Margaret Louise→
secretary · resigned 2025-12-01
Resigned
EDWARDS-PARTON, Andrew→
director · ~49y · appointed 2017-04-13 · resigned 2018-11-23
Resigned
EDWARDS-PARTON, Margaret→
director · ~77y · appointed 2017-03-28 · resigned 2025-12-01
Resigned
EDWARDS-PARTON, Simon→
director · ~47y · appointed 2017-04-13 · resigned 2018-02-06
Resigned
MEREDITH, Christopher George Howard→
director · ~53y · appointed 1999-03-18 · resigned 2008-09-03
Resigned
PARTON, Joan→
director · ~107y · resigned 2011-12-05
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Esso Petroleum Company .
Esso Petroleum Company Limited.
Legal charge.2 properties06/09/199308/08/2008
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property14/04/199320/08/2014
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property26/09/198609/09/1993
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property23/09/198601/05/2008
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank LTD
Legal mortgage1 property12/07/197909/09/1993

Recent filings (126 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-10
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-08