A.B. DAVIS LIMITED

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01336744 · ltd · incorporated 1977-11-01
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 8.2y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 8.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (1 active, 10 linked, 7 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
140 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees100500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-01-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-01-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-01-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2024-12-12
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    ROSENBAUM, Steve Darren resigned
    director
  7. 2024-07-30
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2024-07-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  9. 2024-06-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  10. 2024-06-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2024-06-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-05-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2022-04-14
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    ROSENBAUM, Steve Darren appointed
    director
  16. 2022-04-14
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2021-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-05-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  20. 2021-05-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  21. 2021-03-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2021-03-04
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    ITZINGER, Eli resigned
    director
  23. 2020-11-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  24. 2018-04-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Trustees of the Steve Rosenbaum Pension Scheme
  25. 2018-03-09
    ➕
    GREEN, Benjamin appointed
    director
  26. 2018-03-09
    ➖
    CHAPLIN, Michael Roger resigned
    secretary
  27. 2018-03-09
    ➖
    CHAPLIN, Michael Roger resigned
    director
  28. 2018-03-09
    ➖
    CHAPLIN, Stephen Victor resigned
    director
  29. 2018-03-09
    ➕
    ITZINGER, Eli appointed
    director
  30. 2011-04-18
    ➖
    CHAPLIN, Alfred Douglas resigned
    secretary
  31. 2011-04-18
    ➕
    CHAPLIN, Michael Roger appointed
    secretary
  32. 2011-04-18
    ➖
    CHAPLIN, Alfred Douglas resigned
    director
  33. 2004-02-28
    ➕
    CHAPLIN, Alfred Douglas appointed
    secretary
  34. 2004-02-28
    ➖
    CHAPLIN, Estelle resigned
    secretary
  35. 1993-01-04
    ➖
    CHAPLIN, Maurice resigned
    director
  36. 1977-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As A.B. DAVIS LIMITED

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

55/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Benjamin Green
Individual · British · DOB 03/1985 · age 41
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting02/11/2023
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Steven Darren Rosenbaumceased 12/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Yv Group Limitedceased 02/11/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
  • Mr Eli Itzingerceased 07/05/2019· significant influence
  • Mr Benjamin Greenceased 07/05/2019· significant influence
  • Abd New Holdco Ltdceased 12/03/2018· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

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7 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
Incorporated1977-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

Darlingtons House Ground Floor
7 Spring Villa Road
Edgware
London
HA8 7EB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (1 active · 9 resigned)

GREEN, Benjamin→
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-03-09
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Active
CHAPLIN, Alfred Douglas→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-28 · resigned 2011-04-18
Resigned
CHAPLIN, Estelle→
secretary · resigned 2004-02-28
Resigned
CHAPLIN, Michael Roger→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-18 · resigned 2018-03-09
Resigned
CHAPLIN, Alfred Douglas→
director · ~103y · resigned 2011-04-18
Resigned
CHAPLIN, Maurice→
director · ~110y · resigned 1993-01-04
Resigned
CHAPLIN, Michael Roger→
director · ~74y · resigned 2018-03-09
Resigned
CHAPLIN, Stephen Victor→
director · ~71y · resigned 2018-03-09
Resigned
ITZINGER, Eli→
director · ~65y · appointed 2018-03-09 · resigned 2021-03-04
Resigned
ROSENBAUM, Steve Darren→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-04-14 · resigned 2024-12-12
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
The Trustees of the Steve Rosenbaum Pension Scheme / Dcd Trustees
The Trustees of the Steve Rosenbaum Pension Scheme / Dcd Trustees Limited
A registered charge—13/04/201830/07/2024

Recent filings (140 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-01-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-01-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17