ABM ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02821410 · ltd · incorporated 1993-05-25
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£749.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -58% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £749,566
Net assets shrinking
Down £98,285 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 58% YoY
Cash YoY
-58%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£29k
↓ 58% YoY
Net Worth
£750k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£1.6m
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£347k£693k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£786.5k£890.5k
Current assets£1.55M£1.73M
Cash£29.2k£69.4k
Debtors£460.2k£603.6k
Net assets£749.6k£847.9k

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

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-06-27
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  3. 2023-06-30
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  4. 2022-06-27
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-06-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2021-06-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-06-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-28
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  10. 2018-06-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-29
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  12. 2017-06-07
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    address · AD01
  13. 2016-07-09
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-05-16
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-16
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2012-01-03
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    SHAH, Hasmukh Amritlal resigned
    director
  17. 2012-01-01
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    SHAH, Hershil Pradip appointed
    director
  18. 1993-05-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ABM ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTORS LIMITED
  19. 1993-05-25
    ➕
    SHAH, Ashit appointed
    secretary
  20. 1993-05-25
    ➕
    SHAH, Ashit Jayantilal appointed
    director
  21. 1993-05-25
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1993-05-25
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1993-05-25
    ➕
    SHAH, Hasmukh Amritlal appointed
    director
  24. 1993-05-25
    ➕
    CODIR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1993-05-25
    ➖
    CODIR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1993-05-25
    ➕
    COSEC LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1993-05-25
    ➖
    COSEC LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1993-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 4, Coomber Way Ind Estate
3, Coomber Way
Croydon
CR0 4TQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-08
Last: 2025-05-25

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

SHAH, Ashit→
secretary · appointed 1993-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Ashit Jayantilal→
director · ~59y · appointed 1993-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Hershil Pradip→
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-05-25 · resigned 1993-05-25
Resigned
SHAH, Hasmukh Amritlal→
director · ~81y · appointed 1993-05-25 · resigned 2012-01-03
Resigned
CODIR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-05-25 · resigned 1993-05-25
Resigned
COSEC LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-05-25 · resigned 1993-05-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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2025-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04