ADVANCED BRICKWORK CONTRACTS LIMITED

📉Decliningactive
05229668 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-13
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
  • · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
  • · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£113.1k
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43310Plastering
  • 43341Painting
  • 43390Other building completion and finishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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, 4 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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Loss-making
Loss before tax £43,210
Revenue decline
Turnover down 34% YoY
Slipped into loss
Moved from profit to loss this year
Turnover YoY
-34%
Year on year

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£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Turnover£113.1k£171.9k
Gross profit£46.2k£111.4k
Operating profit£-40.5k£54.1k
Profit before tax£-43.2k£52.9k
Average employees300200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-05-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2026-05-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-06-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-06-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2023-06-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-02-02
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2022-02-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2021-10-07
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2021-10-07
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2021-04-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-07-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  19. 2015-07-01
    ➖
    WARNER, Danny resigned
    secretary
  20. 2004-09-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ADVANCED BRICKWORK CONTRACTS LIMITED
  21. 2004-09-13
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Stuart Adrian appointed
    director
  22. 2004-09-13
    ➕
    WARNER, Daniel Steven appointed
    director
  23. 2004-09-13
    ➕
    WARNER, Danny appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-09-13
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-09-13
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-09-13
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2004-09-13
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100
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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
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.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel Steven Warner
Individual · British · DOB 02/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/05/2023
Mr Stuart Adrian Francis
Individual · British · DOB 04/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting11/03/2021
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Danny Warnerceased 01/02/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Stuart Adrian Francisceased 01/07/2020· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2004-09-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects

Registered office

15 Lampits Hill
Corringham
Stanford-Le-Hope
SS17 9AA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-07
Last: 2026-05-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

FRANCIS, Stuart Adrian→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARNER, Daniel Steven→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-09-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARNER, Danny→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-13 · resigned 2015-07-01
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-09-13 · resigned 2004-09-13
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-09-13 · resigned 2004-09-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-06-19
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-06-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-24