ABLEGRANGE (LINCOLN) LIMITED

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03594489 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-08
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
£207.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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

3 live charges · oldest 25.3y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £207,081
Net assets shrinking
Down £19,876 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£207k
↓ 8.8% YoY
Current Assets
£458k
↓ 3.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£95k£190k£286k£381k£476kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£207.1k£227.0k
Current assets£458.4k£476.1k
Net assets£207.1k£227.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-19
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  2. 2024-09-19
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  3. 2023-09-27
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  4. 2022-12-21
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  5. 2021-12-29
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  6. 2020-09-30
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  7. 2019-09-30
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  8. 2018-09-21
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  9. 2017-10-02
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  10. 2017-08-10
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  11. 2017-08-01
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    SINHA, Brijendra Pal resigned
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  12. 2017-01-15
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  13. 2016-10-07
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  14. 2016-05-16
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    SINHA, Brijendra Pal appointed
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  15. 2016-02-05
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  16. 2015-11-09
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  17. 2015-02-09
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  18. 2014-05-09
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Bank of India
  19. 2014-05-09
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bank of India
  20. 2014-01-12
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    SINHA, Brijendra Pal resigned
    director
  21. 2001-02-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bank of India
  22. 1999-11-03
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    RAWLLEY, Anil appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-11-03
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    CONGRESS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1999-09-01
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    SINHA, Brijendra Pal appointed
    director
  25. 1999-03-01
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    RAWLLEY, Anil appointed
    director
  26. 1999-03-01
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    CONGRESS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  27. 1999-03-01
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  28. 1999-03-01
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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  29. 1998-07-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ABLEGRANGE (LINCOLN) LIMITED
  30. 1998-07-08
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1998-07-08
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    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 27 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Anil Rawlley
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
——board controlboard control · firm interest11/01/2017

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
Incorporated1998-07-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled

Registered office

54 Powys Lane
Palmers Green
London
N13 4HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

RAWLLEY, Anil→
secretary · appointed 1999-11-03
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Active
RAWLLEY, Anil→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-03-01
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Active
CONGRESS COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1999-03-01 · resigned 1999-11-03
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-08 · resigned 1999-03-01
Resigned
SINHA, Brijendra Pal→
director · ~88y · appointed 2016-05-16 · resigned 2017-08-01
Resigned
SINHA, Brijendra Pal→
director · ~88y · appointed 1999-09-01 · resigned 2014-01-12
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-07-08 · resigned 1999-03-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Bank of India
A registered charge—09/05/2014—
outstanding
Bank of India
A registered charge1 property09/05/2014—
outstanding
Bank of India
Debenture1 property23/02/2001—
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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2026-01-15
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2025-09-19
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2025-01-14
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2024-09-19
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2024-01-17
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2023-09-27
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2023-01-20
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2022-12-21
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2022-02-01
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accounts · AA
2021-12-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-19
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2020-09-30
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2020-01-15
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accounts · AA
2019-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-01-22