ABBOTTS CONTRACT CLEANING SERVICES LTD

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06456182 · ltd · incorporated 2007-12-18
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£-30.6k
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
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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 (75/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
48 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £30,623
Cash YoY
+5168%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 5168% YoY
Net Worth
-£31k
↑ 9.8% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↓ 7.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£34k-£26k-£18k-£10k-£2k£6kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£-29.7k£-28.2k
Current assets£5.5k£5.9k
Cash£4.8k£91
Debtors£714£5.8k
Net assets£-30.6k£-34.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-03
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  2. 2025-11-18
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-08-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-08-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  5. 2025-05-23
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  6. 2024-07-29
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  7. 2023-09-25
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  8. 2022-11-03
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  9. 2022-01-06
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  10. 2021-12-23
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  11. 2020-12-21
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  12. 2019-09-30
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  13. 2018-09-28
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  14. 2017-09-27
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  15. 2016-09-30
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  16. 2007-12-19
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    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2007-12-19
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    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  18. 2007-12-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBOTTS CONTRACT CLEANING SERVICES LTD
  19. 2007-12-18
    ➕
    TANDY, Claire Louis appointed
    secretary
  20. 2007-12-18
    ➕
    BRUSH, Diane appointed
    director
  21. 2007-12-18
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2007-12-18
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

98/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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 Diane Brush
Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control18/12/2016

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
Incorporated2007-12-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

124 Abbotts Road
Cheam
Surrey
SM3 9SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-06
Last: 2025-12-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

TANDY, Claire Louis→
secretary · appointed 2007-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRUSH, Diane→
director · ~75y · appointed 2007-12-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-12-18 · resigned 2007-12-19
Resigned
CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-12-18 · resigned 2007-12-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-05
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-19
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-23