ABILITY POWER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03733130 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-16
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£691.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 12.3y

15/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
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 £691,438
Cash draining
Cash down 68% YoY
Cash YoY
-68%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£181k
↓ 68% YoY
Net Worth
£691k
↑ 2.2% YoY
Current Assets
£961k
↑ 2.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£192k£384k£577k£769k£961kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£749.4k£763.4k
Current assets£961.1k£941.4k
Cash£181.0k£557.4k
Debtors£719.5k£384.1k
Net assets£691.4k£676.6k

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
3
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-02
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    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-02-02
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    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2026-02-02
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  4. 2026-02-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  5. 2025-10-02
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
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    officers · CH01
  7. 2025-10-02
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    officers · CH03
  8. 2025-09-17
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    address · RP09
  9. 2025-09-17
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  10. 2025-09-17
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    address · RP09
  11. 2025-05-20
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  12. 2024-09-03
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  13. 2023-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-08-23
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-11-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2021-11-01
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    capital · SH08
  17. 2021-10-04
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-09-16
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-05-03
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    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 2018-05-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2016-01-08
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
  23. 2014-01-21
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  24. 1999-03-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ABILITY POWER LIMITED
  25. 1999-03-16
    ➕
    LAVIS, Pamela Jean appointed
    secretary
  26. 1999-03-16
    ➕
    LAVIS, Ian Mostyn appointed
    director
  27. 1999-03-16
    ➕
    LAVIS, Pamela Jean appointed
    director
  28. 1999-03-16
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1999-03-16
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1999-03-16
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1999-03-16
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Pamela Lavis
Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Ian Lavis
Individual · British · DOB 05/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated1999-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Ability Power Limited Old Hakin Road
Merlins Bridge
Haverfordwest
Dyfed
SA61 1XE
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-25
Last: 2026-03-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

LAVIS, Pamela Jean→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAVIS, Ian Mostyn→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-03-16
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Active
LAVIS, Pamela Jean→
director · ~62y · appointed 1999-03-16
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Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-16 · resigned 1999-03-16
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-16 · resigned 1999-03-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/02/2026—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property02/02/2026—
satisfied
Aldermore
Aldermore Bank PLC
A registered charge—08/01/201603/05/2018
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property21/01/201403/05/2018
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Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-02
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-02
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-10-02
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-09-17
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-09-17
default-companies-house-service-address-applied-officer
address · RP09
2025-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22