ABE EKSTEEN LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

06643391 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-10

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

£24.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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 (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

48 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · UK GAAP

Positive net assets

Net assets £24,616

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£25k

↑ 12% YoY

Current Assets

£29k

↑ 7.1% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · UK GAAP

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31
Total assets	£24.6k	£22.1k
Current assets	£29.4k	£27.4k
Net assets	£24.6k	£22.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-01-12
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2024-12-06
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accounts · AA
2024-01-26
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accounts · AA
2023-04-04
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accounts · AA
2022-03-21
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accounts · AA
2020-12-17
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accounts · AA
2019-11-21
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accounts · AA
2018-10-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-03-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-02-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-07-17
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annual-return · AR01
2016-04-01
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accounts · AA
2015-06-29
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annual-return · AR01
2015-01-29
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accounts · AA
2008-07-10
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Company incorporated
As ABE EKSTEEN LIMITED
2008-07-10
➕
EKSTEEN, Abraham appointed
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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "EKSTEEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

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 59. 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 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Abraham Albertus Eksteen Individual · South African · DOB 11/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2008-07-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

5 Highfield Drive

Epsom

Surrey

KT19 0AU

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-14

Last: 2026-05-31

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

EKSTEEN, Abraham→

director · ~59y · appointed 2008-07-10

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