AB INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03742827 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-29
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£77.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Removal services
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
65 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £77,234
Cash YoY
+25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£52k
↑ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£77k
↑ 33% YoY
Current Assets
£94k
↑ 8.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£19k£38k£57k£76k£94kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£77.2k£58.3k
Current assets£94.5k£86.8k
Cash£51.5k£41.1k
Debtors£43.0k£45.7k
Net assets£77.2k£58.3k

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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-13
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  2. 2025-04-24
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-04-24
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    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-01
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    BAIRSTOW, Allan Neil appointed
    director
  5. 2024-12-01
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    BAIRSTOW, Rita appointed
    director
  6. 2024-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  7. 2023-04-18
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  8. 2022-04-06
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  9. 2021-08-29
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  10. 2020-11-18
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  11. 2019-08-07
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  12. 2018-08-06
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  13. 2017-08-08
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  14. 2016-08-18
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  15. 2016-05-18
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  16. 2015-08-27
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  17. 2015-04-15
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  18. 1999-12-01
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    BAIRSTOW, Rita appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-12-01
    ➕
    BAIRSTOW, Thomas Anthony appointed
    director
  20. 1999-12-01
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-12-01
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 1999-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As AB INDUSTRIAL SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 1999-03-29
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1999-03-29
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Thomas Anthony Bairstow
Individual · British · DOB 05/1942 · age 84
——sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49420 — Removal services

Registered office

28 Ferrands Park Way
Harden
Bingley
West Yorkshire
BD16 1HZ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

BAIRSTOW, Rita→
secretary · appointed 1999-12-01
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Active
BAIRSTOW, Allan Neil→
director · ~56y · appointed 2024-12-01
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Active
BAIRSTOW, Rita→
director · ~83y · appointed 2024-12-01
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Active
BAIRSTOW, Thomas Anthony→
director · ~84y · appointed 1999-12-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-29 · resigned 1999-12-01
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-29 · resigned 1999-12-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-24
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15