ALLINGTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05023625 · ltd · incorporated 2004-01-23

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: Construction of commercial buildings

Sector: Construction

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

41202Construction of domestic buildings
43120Site preparation

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 (75/100)

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

Company profile

address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + 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

57 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	0	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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-24
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officers · TM02
2026-02-18
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MAAGE, Monika Stefanie resigned
secretary
2025-10-02
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accounts · AA
2024-07-08
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2023-10-31
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2022-07-05
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2021-10-08
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2020-08-26
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2019-12-20
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2018-11-20
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2017-07-17
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accounts · AA
2016-12-08
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accounts · AA
2016-08-24
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capital · SH01
2016-02-05
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2015-12-08
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2015-02-11
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annual-return · AR01
2004-01-23
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Company incorporated
As ALLINGTON BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED
2004-01-23
➕
PARSONS, Nicholas appointed
director
2004-01-23
➕
MAAGE, Monika Stefanie appointed
secretary
2004-01-23
➕
MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-01-23
➖
MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2004-01-23
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MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-director
2004-01-23
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MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

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
Nicholas Parsons Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-01-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

41 North Allington

Bridport

Dorset

DT6 5DX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-06

Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PARSONS, Nicholas→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-01-23

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Active

MAAGE, Monika Stefanie→

secretary · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2026-02-18

Resigned

MANTEL SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-01-23

Resigned

MANTEL NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2004-01-23 · resigned 2004-01-23

Resigned

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Recent filings (57 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-25

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2026-03-24