A G BUILDING SERVICES (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04499838 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-31
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-36.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43220Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
- 43290Other construction installation
- 43330Floor and wall covering
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 21.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
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, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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 · FRS 102Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £36,563
Cash draining
Cash down 69% YoY
Cash YoY
-69%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£11k
↓ 69% YoY
Net Worth
-£37k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£161k
↑ 11% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-20.8k | £-30.8k |
| Current assets | £161.4k | £145.3k |
| Cash | £10.9k | £35.6k |
| Debtors | £132.7k | £82.8k |
| Net assets | £-36.6k | £-56.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-12📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-10-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2021-10-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-10-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2019-12-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2015-08-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2015-08-07🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2005-01-18🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
- 2004-12-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC
- 2002-07-31🏢Company incorporatedAs A G BUILDING SERVICES (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED
- 2002-07-31➕GREENOUGH, Julie Angela appointedsecretary
- 2002-07-31➕GREENOUGH, Alan Richard appointeddirector
- 2002-07-31➕GREENOUGH, Julie Angela appointeddirector
- 2002-07-31➕SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-07-31➖SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-07-31➕CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-07-31➖CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Richard Greenough Individual · British · DOB 06/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 31/07/2016 |
Mrs Julie Angela Greenough Individual · British · DOB 11/1956 · age 70 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 31/07/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Alan Richard Greenoughceased 11/10/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation
Registered office
Suite 1 Liberty House
South Liberty Lane
Bristol
BS3 2ST
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-14
Last: 2025-07-31
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
GREENOUGH, Julie Angela→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GREENOUGH, Alan Richard→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2002-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GREENOUGH, Julie Angela→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2002-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-31 · resigned 2002-07-31
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-31 · resigned 2002-07-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 18/01/2005 | 07/08/2015 | |
| satisfied | Aib Group (UK) Aib Group (UK) PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 29/12/2004 | 10/08/2015 |
Recent filings (72 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-10-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-10-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-10-12