A A BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03345744 · ltd · incorporated 1997-04-04
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other construction installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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 (75/100)

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
8 officers (1 active, 8 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
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
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 (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-06-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-04
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    officers · TM02
  15. 2015-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-04-06
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    ANDERSON, Victoria Grace resigned
    secretary
  17. 2002-04-06
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Victoria Grace appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-04-06
    ➖
    ANDRESON, Laura Loise resigned
    secretary
  19. 1998-04-06
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Amanda resigned
    secretary
  20. 1998-04-06
    ➕
    ANDRESON, Laura Loise appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-12-01
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Amanda resigned
    secretary
  22. 1997-09-27
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    ANDERSON, Amanda appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-09-27
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Amanda appointed
    secretary
  24. 1997-09-19
    ➖
    ANDERSON, Victoria Grace resigned
    secretary
  25. 1997-04-04
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    Company incorporated
    As A A BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 1997-04-04
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Andrew, Mr. appointed
    director
  27. 1997-04-04
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Victoria Grace appointed
    secretary
  28. 1997-04-04
    ➕
    KINGSLEY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1997-04-04
    ➖
    KINGSLEY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-04-04
    ➕
    KINGSLEY BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1997-04-04
    ➖
    KINGSLEY BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Andrew Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-04-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43290 — Other construction installation

Registered office

Bank Chambers
1-3 Woodford Avenue Gants Hill
Ilford
Essex
IG2 6UF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-18
Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (1 active · 7 resigned)

ANDERSON, Andrew, Mr.→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Amanda→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-27 · resigned 1998-04-06
Resigned
ANDERSON, Amanda→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-27 · resigned 1997-12-01
Resigned
ANDERSON, Victoria Grace→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-06 · resigned 2015-04-06
Resigned
ANDERSON, Victoria Grace→
secretary · appointed 1997-04-04 · resigned 1997-09-19
Resigned
ANDRESON, Laura Loise→
secretary · appointed 1998-04-06 · resigned 2002-04-06
Resigned
KINGSLEY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-04-04 · resigned 1997-04-04
Resigned
KINGSLEY BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-04-04 · resigned 1997-04-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16