ABLE SUPPORT LTD
💤Zombieactive
05511903 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-18
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other human health activities
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-29 | 2024-06-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 4300 | 4300 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-27📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-08-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-08-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-31📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-07-08➖MOYNES, Mary Patricia resignedsecretary
- 2024-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-18📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-07-18🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2022-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-24📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-10📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-07-24🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Edinburgh Alternative Finance LTD (Trading as Lendingcrowd)
- 2005-07-19➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-07-19➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-07-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ABLE SUPPORT LTD
- 2005-07-18➕MOYNES, Michelle Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2005-07-18➕MOYNES, Mary Patricia appointedsecretary
- 2005-07-18➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-07-18➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
85/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
75/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Ms Michelle Elizabeth Moynes Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Michael James Morrissey Individual · British · DOB 07/1994 · age 32 | 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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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities
Registered office
Able House 1 Micklehead Business Village
St Michaels Road
St Helens
Merseyside
WA9 4YU
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-28
Last made up to: 2025-06-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18
Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)
MOYNES, Michelle Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2005-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MOYNES, Mary Patricia→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-07-18 · resigned 2024-07-08
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-18 · resigned 2005-07-19
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-07-18 · resigned 2005-07-19
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Edinburgh Alternative Finance (Trading as Lendingcrowd) Edinburgh Alternative Finance LTD (Trading as Lendingcrowd) | A registered charge | — | 24/07/2017 | 18/07/2022 |
Recent filings (64 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09