ABA STRONALVA LIMITED

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06347772 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-20
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£633.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 35300
Sector: Electricity, gas & energy
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 46190Agents involved in the sale of a variety of goods
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.6y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 2 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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
67 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £633,266
Cash YoY
-25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£182k
↓ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£633k
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£261k£523k£784k£1.0m£1.3mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£803.7k£827.2k
Current assets£1.15M£1.31M
Cash£182.1k£242.7k
Debtors£956.0k£1.02M
Net assets£633.3k£626.4k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-06
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2023-06-06
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    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-06-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2023-03-11
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    DARGUE, Sarah resigned
    secretary
  8. 2023-03-11
    ➖
    DARGUE, Sarah resigned
    director
  9. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-08
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2019-08-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2019-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2017-08-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2014-05-23
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    Charge satisfied #2
  20. 2009-04-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Ivan Richard Jones
  21. 2008-09-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 2007-08-24
    ➕
    DARGUE, Kevin Russell appointed
    director
  23. 2007-08-24
    ➕
    DARGUE, Sarah appointed
    secretary
  24. 2007-08-24
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2007-08-24
    ➕
    DARGUE, Sarah appointed
    director
  26. 2007-08-24
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  27. 2007-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ABA STRONALVA LIMITED
  28. 2007-08-20
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2007-08-20
    ➕
    WATERLOW 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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — 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 62. 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Russell Dargue
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/06/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Ivan Richard Jonesceased 10/08/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Sarah Dargueceased 11/03/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC35300 — SIC 35300

Registered office

The Stables
23b Lenten Street
Alton
Hampshire
GU34 1HG

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-01
Last: 2025-08-18

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

DARGUE, Kevin Russell→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-08-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DARGUE, Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-24 · resigned 2023-03-11
Resigned
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2007-08-24
Resigned
DARGUE, Sarah→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-08-24 · resigned 2023-03-11
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-08-20 · resigned 2007-08-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Ivan Richard Jones
Debenture1 property07/04/200923/05/2014
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/09/2008—
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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-06-06
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-06-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-28