A.B.N. MAINTENANCE LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05016899 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-15
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 Jan 2026
Net worth
£23.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 100-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 100). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £23,820
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£24k
↑ 2.7% YoY
Current Assets
£58k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £23.8k | £23.2k |
| Current assets | £58.3k | £66.9k |
| Debtors | £50.4k | £55.8k |
| Net assets | £23.8k | £23.2k |
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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 miscellaneous
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-02-24📄legacymiscellaneous · RP01PSC01
- 2026-02-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-02-11📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-07-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-29📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2025-02-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-02-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-31➖HOLDGATE, Stephen John resignedsecretary
- 2024-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-22📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-07-22📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-03-29➕HOLDGATE, James Paul appointeddirector
- 2020-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-06➕PEACOCK, Lloyd appointeddirector
- 2004-01-15🏢Company incorporatedAs A.B.N. MAINTENANCE LIMITED
- 2004-01-15➕HOLDGATE, Alfred Leonard appointeddirector
- 2004-01-15➕MACPHERSON, David Franklyn appointeddirector
- 2004-01-15➕HOLDGATE, Stephen John appointedsecretary
- 2004-01-15➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2004-01-15➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 100 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
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 100 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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 James Paul Holdgate Individual · British · DOB 05/1986 · age 40 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 08/04/2024 |
Mr Alfred Leonard Holdgate Individual · British · DOB 06/1926 · age 100 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 14/01/2017 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Paul James Holdgateceased 07/04/2024· 25-50% shares
- Mr David Franklyn Macphersonceased 06/02/2017· 25-50% shares
- Mr Stephen John Holdgateceased 06/04/2024· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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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
Incorporated2004-01-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Turnpike House
1208-1210 London Road
Leigh-On-Sea
Essex
SS9 2UA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-28
Last: 2026-01-14
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
HOLDGATE, Alfred Leonard→
Activedirector · ~100y · appointed 2004-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOLDGATE, James Paul→
Activedirector · ~40y · appointed 2021-03-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MACPHERSON, David Franklyn→
Activedirector · ~81y · appointed 2004-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PEACOCK, Lloyd→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HOLDGATE, Stephen John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-01-15 · resigned 2025-01-31
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-01-15 · resigned 2004-01-15
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Recent filings (61 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-21
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-02-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-11
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-20