ABA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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03334545 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-17
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). 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 (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
76 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees100100

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2021-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-08-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2020-07-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2016-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-04-15
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1997-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ABA PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LIMITED
  17. 1997-03-17
    ➕
    DAVIES, Julie appointed
    secretary
  18. 1997-03-17
    ➕
    DAVIES, Martin Rhys appointed
    director
  19. 1997-03-17
    ➕
    WAYNE, Harold appointed
    nominee-secretary
  20. 1997-03-17
    ➖
    WAYNE, Harold resigned
    nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-03-17
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    WAYNE, Yvonne appointed
    nominee-director
  22. 1997-03-17
    ➖
    WAYNE, Yvonne resigned
    nominee-director

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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Rhys Davies
Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Julie Davies
Individual · British · DOB 05/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68320 — Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis

Registered office

31 Bridge Street
Aberystwyth
Ceredigion
SY23 1QB
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last: 2026-03-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DAVIES, Julie→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAVIES, Martin Rhys→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WAYNE, Harold→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-17 · resigned 1997-03-17
Resigned
WAYNE, Yvonne→
nominee-director · ~46y · appointed 1997-03-17 · resigned 1997-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-01