A&B PROPERTY CARE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05073091 · ltd · incorporated 2004-03-15

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£8.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Likely provides a range of property maintenance and cleaning services — such as window cleaning, pressure washing, or general upkeep — to residential or commercial clients in the Gloucester area, operating as a small, owner-managed business based on its micro-entity filing status.

Primary activity: Other cleaning services

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £8,608

Net assets shrinking

Down £9,525 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£9k

↓ 53% YoY

Current Assets

£15k

↓ 45% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£8.6k	£18.1k
Current assets	£14.8k	£26.8k
Net assets	£8.6k	£18.1k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2025-12-28
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accounts · AA
2024-11-29
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accounts · AA
2023-12-30
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
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accounts · AA
2021-02-17
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accounts · AA
2019-12-05
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accounts · AA
2018-12-31
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accounts · AA
2018-01-09
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accounts · AA
2017-01-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-04-25
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annual-return · AR01
2016-02-11
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address · AD01
2016-01-11
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accounts · AA
2015-03-30
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-12-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2011-03-14
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RAPID BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2011-03-14
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SMITH, Angela Ivy resigned
secretary
2009-06-15
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SMITH, Angela Ivy appointed
director
2009-06-15
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SMITH, Bernard William appointed
director
2009-06-15
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SMITH, Angela Ivy appointed
secretary
2009-06-15
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RAPID BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2009-06-15
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HALLETT, Brian Richard resigned
director
2004-03-16
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HALLETT, Brian Richard appointed
director
2004-03-16
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HOWE, Debbie resigned
director
2004-03-15
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Company incorporated
As A&B PROPERTY CARE LIMITED
2004-03-15
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RAPID BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2004-03-15
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HOWE, Debbie appointed
director

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 17 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

89/100

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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Bernard William Smith Individual · British · DOB 02/1956 · age 70	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Ivy Smith Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	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

Incorporated2004-03-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

Ellis Farm Sticky Lane

Hardwicke

Gloucester

GL2 4RD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

RAPID BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2011-03-14

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Active

SMITH, Angela Ivy→

director · ~69y · appointed 2009-06-15

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Active

SMITH, Bernard William→

director · ~70y · appointed 2009-06-15

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Active

SMITH, Angela Ivy→

secretary · appointed 2009-06-15 · resigned 2011-03-14

Resigned

RAPID BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-03-15 · resigned 2009-06-15

Resigned

HALLETT, Brian Richard→

director · ~73y · appointed 2004-03-16 · resigned 2009-06-15

Resigned

HOWE, Debbie→

director · ~68y · appointed 2004-03-15 · resigned 2004-03-16

Resigned

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