ABLEMASTER BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04174831 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-07
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 (3 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
62 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 Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-26
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-23
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    JUCKES, Thomas Ryan appointed
    director
  5. 2024-11-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-11-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2019-12-06
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  11. 2018-12-28
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  12. 2017-12-29
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  13. 2016-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-18
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-19
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-04-08
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2009-02-28
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    JUCKES, Eleanor Victoria appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-02-28
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    JUCKES, Philip resigned
    secretary
  19. 2001-03-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ABLEMASTER BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
  20. 2001-03-07
    ➕
    JUCKES, Ian appointed
    director
  21. 2001-03-07
    ➕
    BREWER, Suzanne appointed
    nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-03-07
    ➖
    BREWER, Suzanne resigned
    nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-03-07
    ➕
    JUCKES, Philip appointed
    secretary
  24. 2001-03-07
    ➕
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 2001-03-07
    ➖
    BREWER, Kevin, Dr resigned
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — JUCKES, Thomas Ryan (same surname) appointed 2024-11-23. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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 Ian Juckes
Individual · British · DOB 04/1964 · age 62
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
Incorporated2001-03-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

6 Alfred Street
Wigan
Lancashire
WN1 2HL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

JUCKES, Eleanor Victoria→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-28
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Active
JUCKES, Ian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-03-07
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Active
JUCKES, Thomas Ryan→
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-11-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BREWER, Suzanne→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-07 · resigned 2001-03-07
Resigned
JUCKES, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-07 · resigned 2009-02-28
Resigned
BREWER, Kevin, Dr→
nominee-director · ~74y · appointed 2001-03-07 · resigned 2001-03-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-24