ABLERENT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
02371663 · ltd · incorporated 1989-04-13
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 9 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
102 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
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-09-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-10-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-05-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-09-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-05-30📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2008-10-28➕KENNA, Maxwell appointeddirector
- 2008-10-27➖BUTT, Saima resigneddirector
- 2006-02-01➕BUTT, Saima appointeddirector
- 2006-02-01➖PATEL, Heena resigneddirector
- 2005-03-31➖ROFE, Michael John resigneddirector
- 2005-03-01➕PATEL, Heena appointeddirector
- 2001-05-09➖CHOUDARY, Bindu resigneddirector
- 2001-05-09➕ROFE, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2000-05-08➕CHOUDARY, Bindu appointeddirector
- 2000-04-09➖LAIMABLE, Gerard Christian resigneddirector
- 1996-05-28➕SMITH, Elizabeth Ann appointedsecretary
- 1996-05-28➖LAIMABLE, Gerard Christian resignedsecretary
- 1996-05-28➖FIELD, James Walter resigneddirector
- 1996-05-28➕LAIMABLE, Gerard Christian appointeddirector
- 1994-09-05➕FIELD, James Walter appointeddirector
- 1994-09-05➖SHORTLAND, Stephen resigneddirector
- 1992-09-22➖GUNN, Andrew Michael resigneddirector
- 1992-09-22➕SHORTLAND, Stephen appointeddirector
- 1992-07-15➕LAIMABLE, Gerard Christian appointedsecretary
- 1992-07-14➖WINDSOR, John resignedsecretary
- 1989-04-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ABLERENT LIMITED
Owner dependency
85/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
68/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 37 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Maxwell Kenna Individual · British · DOB 03/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence · firm interest | 27/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1989-04-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management
Registered office
Winton House
Winton Square
Basingstoke
Hampshire
RG21 8EN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-10
Last: 2026-05-27
Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)
SMITH, Elizabeth Ann→
Activesecretary · appointed 1996-05-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
KENNA, Maxwell→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2008-10-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LAIMABLE, Gerard Christian→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1992-07-15 · resigned 1996-05-28
WINDSOR, John→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1992-07-14
BUTT, Saima→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2006-02-01 · resigned 2008-10-27
CHOUDARY, Bindu→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2000-05-08 · resigned 2001-05-09
FIELD, James Walter→
Resigneddirector · ~100y · appointed 1994-09-05 · resigned 1996-05-28
GUNN, Andrew Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · resigned 1992-09-22
LAIMABLE, Gerard Christian→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 1996-05-28 · resigned 2000-04-09
PATEL, Heena→
Resigneddirector · ~67y · appointed 2005-03-01 · resigned 2006-02-01
ROFE, Michael John→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2005-03-31
SHORTLAND, Stephen→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 1992-09-22 · resigned 1994-09-05
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Recent filings (102 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-06-03