ALTERNATIVE BUILDING CONTROL SOLUTIONS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04267345 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-08
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
—
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£30.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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 (73/100).

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 (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £30,404

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£30k
↑ 9.6% YoY
Current Assets
£89k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£18k£35k£53k£71k£89kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£30.4k£27.7k
Current assets£88.6k£62.3k
Net assets£30.4k£27.7k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-08-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-09-11
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2004-03-17
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    SMITH, John David appointed
    director
  17. 2004-03-17
    ➖
    BROWN, Mark resigned
    director
  18. 2001-09-17
    ➕
    BROWN, Mark appointed
    director
  19. 2001-09-17
    ➖
    SMITH, John David resigned
    director
  20. 2001-08-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALTERNATIVE BUILDING CONTROL SOLUTIONS LIMITED
  21. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    SMITH, Hugh Alan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-08-08
    ➖
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    AVIS, Christine Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  25. 2001-08-08
    ➖
    AVIS, Christine Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  26. 2001-08-08
    ➕
    SMITH, John David appointed
    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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 David Smith
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-08-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

C/O Wainwrights Accountants, Faversham House Old Hall Road
Bromborough
Wirral
CH62 3NX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SMITH, Hugh Alan→
secretary · appointed 2001-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, John David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2004-03-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-08 · resigned 2001-08-08
Resigned
AVIS, Christine Susan→
nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2001-08-08 · resigned 2001-08-08
Resigned
BROWN, Mark→
director · ~46y · appointed 2001-09-17 · resigned 2004-03-17
Resigned
SMITH, John David→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-08-08 · resigned 2001-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-28