ABSOLUT PROPERTY SERVICES LTD

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05938599 · ltd · incorporated 2006-09-18
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
£268.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · oldest 19.6y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
64 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.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £268,620
Net assets shrinking
Down £9,783 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£269k
↓ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£77k
↓ 78% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£68k£137k£205k£274k£342kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£269.8k£279.6k
Current assets£76.6k£342.2k
Net assets£268.6k£278.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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  2. 2025-05-27
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  3. 2024-08-30
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  5. 2023-05-29
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  6. 2022-05-31
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  7. 2021-03-16
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  8. 2020-07-15
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  9. 2019-05-25
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  10. 2018-05-30
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  11. 2017-05-30
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  12. 2016-05-31
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  13. 2015-10-16
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  14. 2015-05-27
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  15. 2015-03-28
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    change-of-name · CERTNM
  16. 2010-07-01
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    HARDING, Steven John resigned
    secretary
  17. 2010-07-01
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    HARDING, Steven John resigned
    director
  18. 2008-05-02
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2007-11-20
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    PRINT, Kyle Norman resigned
    director
  20. 2006-12-18
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 2006-11-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 2006-10-20
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    CROFT, Tony appointed
    director
  23. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    HARDING, Steven John appointed
    secretary
  24. 2006-10-20
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    7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-10-20
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    HARDING, Steven John appointed
    director
  26. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    PRINT, Kyle Norman appointed
    director
  27. 2006-10-20
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    7SIDE NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  28. 2006-09-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUT PROPERTY SERVICES LTD
  29. 2006-09-18
    ➕
    7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2006-09-18
    ➕
    7SIDE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Tony Croft
Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-09-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Little Drakes Drakes Lane
Little Waltham
Chelmsford
Essex
CM3 3ND

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-30
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

CROFT, Tony→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARDING, Steven John→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-20 · resigned 2010-07-01
Resigned
7SIDE SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-09-18 · resigned 2006-10-20
Resigned
HARDING, Steven John→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-10-20 · resigned 2010-07-01
Resigned
PRINT, Kyle Norman→
director · ~54y · appointed 2006-10-20 · resigned 2007-11-20
Resigned
7SIDE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-09-18 · resigned 2006-10-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property02/05/2008—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property18/12/2006—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property20/11/2006—
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Recent filings (64 total)

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2025-09-15
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2025-05-27
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2024-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
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accounts · AA01
2024-05-30
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2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-29
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2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
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2021-09-14
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accounts · AA
2021-03-16
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-09-19