ABBEY CLEANERS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05573158 · ltd · incorporated 2005-09-23

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 Sept 2025

Net worth

£-15.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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, 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 (2 active, 7 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

59 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 · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £15,755

Cash YoY

+1498%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↑ 1498% YoY

Net Worth

-£16k

↑ 19% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↓ 34% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£2.9k	£6.3k
Current assets	£5.5k	£8.4k
Cash	£2.0k	£125
Debtors	£3.5k	£8.2k
Net assets	£-15.8k	£-19.5k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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2025-06-18
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2024-06-26
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accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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2022-06-27
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accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts · AA
2020-09-21
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2020-09-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-09-21
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officers · AP03
2020-09-21
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officers · TM02
2020-06-22
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accounts · AA
2019-10-01
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FARROW, Lisa Jayne appointed
secretary
2019-10-01
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FARROW, Peter resigned
secretary
2019-06-27
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accounts · AA
2018-06-27
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2017-06-30
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2016-05-12
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2005-10-31
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FARROW, David appointed
director
2005-10-31
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FARROW, David resigned
secretary
2005-10-31
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FARROW, Peter appointed
secretary
2005-10-31
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FARROW, Peter resigned
director
2005-09-23
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY CLEANERS LIMITED
2005-09-23
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FARROW, David appointed
secretary
2005-09-23
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-23
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INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-09-23
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FARROW, Peter appointed
director
2005-09-23
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INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-09-23
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INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 63. 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 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

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
Mrs Lisa Jayne Farrow Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/10/2019
Mr David Farrow Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Peter Farrowceased 01/10/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2005-09-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC96010 — Washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products

Registered office

89 Leigh Road

Eastleigh

SO50 9DQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-07

Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

FARROW, Lisa Jayne→

secretary · appointed 2019-10-01

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Active

FARROW, David→

director · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-31

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Active

FARROW, David→

secretary · appointed 2005-09-23 · resigned 2005-10-31

Resigned

FARROW, Peter→

secretary · appointed 2005-10-31 · resigned 2019-10-01

Resigned

INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-09-23 · resigned 2005-09-23

Resigned

FARROW, Peter→

director · ~86y · appointed 2005-09-23 · resigned 2005-10-31

Resigned

INCORPORATE DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-09-23 · resigned 2005-09-23

Resigned

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