ABLE & YOUNG LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05895720 · ltd · incorporated 2006-08-03
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 Aug 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 (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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
59 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

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£0Aug 2023Aug 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-08-312023-08-31
Average employees300300

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-05
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  4. 2024-04-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2023-02-03
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  8. 2023-02-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-08-19
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-08-10
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AAMD
  16. 2018-08-01
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2015-09-15
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    SHAH, Nikita Florentyna appointed
    director
  18. 2015-09-15
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    SHAH, Nikita Florentyna resigned
    director
  19. 2006-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABLE & YOUNG LIMITED
  20. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    SHAH, Milan Velji appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    SHAH, Rekha Milan appointed
    director
  22. 2006-08-03
    ➕
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-08-03
    ➖
    SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2006-08-03
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    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2006-08-03
    ➖
    SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Rekha Milan Shah
Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67
50–75%
50–75%board controlsig. influence50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Airport House
Purley Way
Croydon
CR0 0XZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-05-31
Last made up to: 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

SHAH, Milan Velji→
secretary · appointed 2006-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SHAH, Rekha Milan→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SDG SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-08-03 · resigned 2006-08-03
Resigned
SHAH, Nikita Florentyna→
director · ~35y · appointed 2015-09-15 · resigned 2015-09-15
Resigned
SDG REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-08-03 · resigned 2006-08-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-30
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-05
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-03
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-27