ABLE HYGIENE & MAINTENANCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04964551 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-14
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
73 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-12-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-15
    📄
    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  4. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-07-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-20
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-07-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-11-20
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2020-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-02-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-18
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-31
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2017-10-31
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2017-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    BERLOUIS, Justyna Ewa appointed
    secretary
  18. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    BERLOUIS, Justyna Ewa appointed
    director
  19. 2007-11-01
    ➕
    BERLOUIS, Yves Harold appointed
    director
  20. 2007-11-01
    ➖
    HOLLOWAY SMITH, Heather Jane resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-11-01
    ➖
    HOLLOWAY SMITH, Heather Jane resigned
    director
  22. 2007-11-01
    ➖
    SNEDKER, Philip James resigned
    director
  23. 2003-11-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABLE HYGIENE & MAINTENANCE LIMITED
  24. 2003-11-14
    ➕
    BUHAGIAR, Bryan appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-11-14
    ➖
    BUHAGIAR, Bryan resigned
    nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-11-14
    ➕
    HOLLOWAY SMITH, Heather Jane appointed
    secretary
  27. 2003-11-14
    ➕
    BUHAGIAR, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  28. 2003-11-14
    ➖
    BUHAGIAR, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  29. 2003-11-14
    ➕
    HOLLOWAY SMITH, Heather Jane appointed
    director
  30. 2003-11-14
    ➕
    SNEDKER, Philip James appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Yves Harold Berlouis
Individual · Citizen Of Seychelles · DOB 08/1974 · age 52
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Justyna Ewa Berlouis
Individual · Polish · DOB 05/1983 · age 43
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

96 Sempill Road
Hemel Hempstead
HP3 9FW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-28
Last: 2025-11-14

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BERLOUIS, Justyna Ewa→
secretary · appointed 2007-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERLOUIS, Justyna Ewa→
director · ~43y · appointed 2007-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BERLOUIS, Yves Harold→
director · ~52y · appointed 2007-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUHAGIAR, Bryan→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-11-14 · resigned 2003-11-14
Resigned
HOLLOWAY SMITH, Heather Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-11-14 · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned
BUHAGIAR, Susan→
nominee-director · ~66y · appointed 2003-11-14 · resigned 2003-11-14
Resigned
HOLLOWAY SMITH, Heather Jane→
director · ~57y · appointed 2003-11-14 · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned
SNEDKER, Philip James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-11-14 · resigned 2007-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (73 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-15
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-14