ABM INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04393213 · ltd · incorporated 2002-03-13
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 23.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£69.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.6y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (3 active, 10 linked, 5 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
80 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £69,715

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£70k
↑ 22% YoY
Current Assets
£9k
↑ 86% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£14k£28k£42k£56k£70kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£144.9k£137.5k
Current assets£9.1k£4.9k
Net assets£69.7k£56.9k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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  5. 2021-12-22
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  7. 2019-12-23
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  8. 2018-11-21
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  9. 2017-11-29
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  10. 2017-09-27
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  15. 2015-12-23
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  16. 2014-08-12
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2008-05-01
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    BRETT, Terence resigned
    director
  18. 2008-03-31
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    TOMKINS, Paul Graham appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-03-31
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    TOMKINS, Paul Graham appointed
    director
  20. 2008-03-31
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    BRETT, Terence resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-01-31
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    PATEL, Anil resigned
    director
  22. 2006-08-30
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    BRETT, Terence appointed
    secretary
  23. 2006-02-06
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    PATEL, Sejal resigned
    secretary
  24. 2005-02-28
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    TOMKINS, Richard Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2002-11-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Kent Reliance Building Society
  26. 2002-07-10
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    ESPOSITO, Mark Anthony resigned
    director
  27. 2002-03-16
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    PATEL, Sejal appointed
    secretary
  28. 2002-03-16
    ➕
    BRETT, Terence appointed
    director
  29. 2002-03-16
    ➕
    ESPOSITO, Mark Anthony appointed
    director
  30. 2002-03-16
    ➕
    PATEL, Anil appointed
    director
  31. 2002-03-15
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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  32. 2002-03-15
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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  33. 2002-03-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ABM INVESTMENTS LIMITED
  34. 2002-03-13
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  35. 2002-03-13
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

91/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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.)

Group structure

Exotek Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Exotek Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ABM INVESTMENTS LIMITED
This company · 04393213

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Graham Tomkins
Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Exotek Ltd
Corporate entity
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
Incorporated2002-03-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

9 Peddars Lane
Stanbridge
Leighton Buzzard
Bedfordshire
LU7 9JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-27
Last: 2026-03-13

Officers (3 active · 7 resigned)

TOMKINS, Paul Graham→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOMKINS, Paul Graham→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TOMKINS, Richard Paul→
director · ~51y · appointed 2005-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRETT, Terence→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-30 · resigned 2008-03-31
Resigned
PATEL, Sejal→
secretary · appointed 2002-03-16 · resigned 2006-02-06
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-03-13 · resigned 2002-03-15
Resigned
BRETT, Terence→
director · ~59y · appointed 2002-03-16 · resigned 2008-05-01
Resigned
ESPOSITO, Mark Anthony→
director · ~60y · appointed 2002-03-16 · resigned 2002-07-10
Resigned
PATEL, Anil→
director · ~58y · appointed 2002-03-16 · resigned 2007-01-31
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-03-13 · resigned 2002-03-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Kent Reliance / OSB
Kent Reliance Building Society
Legal charge1 property29/11/200212/08/2014

Recent filings (80 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-03-13