ABSOLUTE HOUSE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06226237 · ltd · incorporated 2007-04-25
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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 (77/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 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
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Average employees1100800

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-18
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  2. 2024-06-21
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  3. 2023-03-31
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  4. 2022-05-23
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  5. 2021-06-29
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  6. 2020-06-13
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  7. 2019-06-28
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  8. 2018-06-28
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  9. 2017-06-30
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  10. 2016-06-29
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  11. 2016-04-27
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  12. 2015-06-30
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  13. 2015-04-27
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  14. 2014-06-30
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  15. 2014-05-22
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  16. 2008-09-30
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    JDM ACCOUNTANCY LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2008-09-30
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    IMA ENTERPRISES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2008-07-01
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    AMERY, Julian resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-07-01
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    IMA ENTERPRISES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2007-10-02
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    AMERY, Julian appointed
    secretary
  21. 2007-10-02
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    POWELL, Sarah Jane resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-10-02
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    POWELL, Sarah Jane resigned
    director
  23. 2007-04-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE HOUSE LIMITED
  24. 2007-04-25
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    AMERY, Beverley Kay appointed
    director
  25. 2007-04-25
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    POWELL, Sarah Jane appointed
    secretary
  26. 2007-04-25
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    POWELL, Sarah Jane appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

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 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.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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
Mrs Beverley Kay Amery
Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

19 Highdale Avenue
Clevedon
North Somerset
BS21 7LY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

JDM ACCOUNTANCY LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-09-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AMERY, Beverley Kay→
director · ~63y · appointed 2007-04-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AMERY, Julian→
secretary · appointed 2007-10-02 · resigned 2008-07-01
Resigned
POWELL, Sarah Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-04-25 · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned
IMA ENTERPRISES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-07-01 · resigned 2008-09-30
Resigned
POWELL, Sarah Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2007-04-25 · resigned 2007-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-24
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accounts · AA
2025-06-18
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
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accounts · AA
2024-06-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-30