ABLE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05622532 · ltd · incorporated 2005-11-15
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
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 0.0y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 0.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 mortgage
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  2. 2026-05-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  3. 2026-05-15
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  4. 2026-05-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  5. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2025-11-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-11-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-11-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2025-11-16
    ➕
    CONNORS, Daniel James appointed
    director
  10. 2025-08-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-08-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2018-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-05-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2005-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ABLE ELECTRICAL CONTRACTS LIMITED
  21. 2005-11-15
    ➕
    CONNORS, Karen Mary appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-11-15
    ➕
    CONNORS, Gerard 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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — CONNORS, Daniel James (same surname) appointed 2025-11-16. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel James Connors
Individual · British · DOB 05/1991 · age 35
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/03/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Gerard Connorsceased 31/03/2025· 75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-11-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

12 Mark Road
Hemel Hempstead Industrial Estate
Hemel Hempstead
HP2 7BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

CONNORS, Karen Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-15
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Active
CONNORS, Daniel James→
director · ~35y · appointed 2025-11-16
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Active
CONNORS, Gerard→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-11-15
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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property15/05/2026—
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property15/05/2026—
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Recent filings (51 total)

mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-20