ALBAN CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03394467 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-27
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£13.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong 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 (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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
84 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £13,060

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£13k
↑ 48% YoY
Current Assets
£62k
↓ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£17k£33k£50k£67k£83kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£30.6k£38.5k
Current assets£61.6k£83.2k
Cash—£11.3k
Debtors—£68.9k
Net assets£13.1k£8.8k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-01-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-12
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  13. 2018-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-06-27
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-06-30
    ➖
    STEVENS, Barry George resigned
    director
  17. 1997-06-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBAN CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 1997-06-27
    ➕
    STEVENS, Janet Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  19. 1997-06-27
    ➕
    SMALL, Paul Augustus appointed
    director
  20. 1997-06-27
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-06-27
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-06-27
    ➕
    STEVENS, Barry George appointed
    director
  23. 1997-06-27
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 1997-06-27
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 Paul Small
Individual · British · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting27/06/2016

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

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-06-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81222 — Specialised cleaning services

Registered office

50 Brocket Road Brocket Road
Welwyn Garden City
AL8 7TU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-28
Last: 2025-06-14

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

STEVENS, Janet Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMALL, Paul Augustus→
director · ~55y · appointed 1997-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-06-27 · resigned 1997-06-27
Resigned
STEVENS, Barry George→
director · ~69y · appointed 1997-06-27 · resigned 2005-06-30
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-06-27 · resigned 1997-06-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-01-20