A A B ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING CONTRACTORS LTD

💤Zombieactive

04372064 · ltd · incorporated 2002-02-12

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Electrical installation

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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 (68/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

62 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31
Average employees	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-02-16
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-01-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-02-14
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-02-29
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2016-02-29
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2012-02-05
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BELLOT, Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2002-02-20
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BELLOT, Alan appointed
director
2002-02-20
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BELLOT, Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2002-02-14
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-14
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-02-12
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Company incorporated
As A A B ELECTRICAL AND PLUMBING CONTRACTORS LTD
2002-02-12
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-02-12
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Bellot Individual · British · DOB 09/1965 · age 61	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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7 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

Incorporated2002-02-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

35 Foxley Lane

Purley

CR8 3EH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-26

Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

BELLOT, Alan→

director · ~61y · appointed 2002-02-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BELLOT, Elizabeth→

secretary · appointed 2002-02-20 · resigned 2012-02-05

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-02-12 · resigned 2002-02-14

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-02-12 · resigned 2002-02-14

Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-02-20

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-16

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-12-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-12