ABBEY CLEANING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

02992893 · ltd · incorporated 1994-11-22

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 30.2y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 30.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

82 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	11700	11800

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

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2 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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2025-03-24
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2024-02-26
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2023-05-20
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accounts · AA
2022-03-30
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accounts · AA
2021-02-11
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accounts · AA
2020-09-15
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accounts · AA
2019-02-27
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accounts · AA
2018-05-23
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accounts · AA
2017-04-20
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accounts · AA
2016-04-13
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accounts · AA
2016-01-22
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address · AD01
2015-10-19
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annual-return · AR01
2015-03-24
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accounts · AA
2014-12-05
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annual-return · AR01
2011-04-11
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STACEY, Peter John resigned
secretary
2011-04-11
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STACEY, Peter John resigned
director
1996-03-27
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1994-11-22
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY CLEANING LIMITED
1994-11-22
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JENKINS, John Stuart appointed
director
1994-11-22
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SCOTT, Stephen John appointed
nominee-secretary
1994-11-22
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SCOTT, Stephen John resigned
nominee-secretary
1994-11-22
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STACEY, Peter John appointed
secretary
1994-11-22
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SCOTT, Jacqueline appointed
nominee-director
1994-11-22
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SCOTT, Jacqueline resigned
nominee-director
1994-11-22
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STACEY, Peter John appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Stuart Jenkins Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	19/10/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1994-11-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Abbey House

21 Merridale Lane

Wolverhampton

WV3 9RD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-02

Last: 2025-10-19

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

JENKINS, John Stuart→

director · ~60y · appointed 1994-11-22

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Active

SCOTT, Stephen John→

nominee-secretary · appointed 1994-11-22 · resigned 1994-11-22

Resigned

STACEY, Peter John→

secretary · appointed 1994-11-22 · resigned 2011-04-11

Resigned

SCOTT, Jacqueline→

nominee-director · ~75y · appointed 1994-11-22 · resigned 1994-11-22

Resigned

STACEY, Peter John→

director · ~79y · appointed 1994-11-22 · resigned 2011-04-11

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	27/03/1996	—

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