ABSOLUTE ENERGY SUPPLIES LTD
💤Zombieactive
06736766 · ltd · incorporated 2008-10-29
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (79/100)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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
42 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-08-22📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-02📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-08-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2009-05-11➕O'MARA, Ruth appointedsecretary
- 2009-05-11➕O'MARA, Paul Mervyn appointeddirector
- 2008-10-30➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
- 2008-10-29🏢Company incorporatedAs ABSOLUTE ENERGY SUPPLIES LTD
- 2008-10-29➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 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 candidateStrong 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 17 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Paul Mervyn O'Mara Individual · British · DOB 11/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 29/10/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A C J ELECTRICAL SERVICES LTD→ 07125364 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 16y | — | — |
| A CLASS METAL ROOFING LIMITED→ 08446514 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| A CLASS ZINC ROOFING LTD→ 16449844 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AA KONSULT LTD→ 15544599 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| AAD DATAINFRASTRUCTURE LTD→ 13302506 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ABLAIR & CO. LIMITED→ 00637901 · est 1959 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 66y | — | — |
| ABODE ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED→ 10778057 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ABOVE AVERAGE ELECTRICAL LIMITED→ 14442500 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ABR BUILDING LIMITED→ 10775777 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ABRIDGE PROPERTY SERVICES LIMITED→ 05582351 · est 2005 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE ACCESS SERVICES LIMITED→ 06738739 · est 2008 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 17y | — | — |
| ABSOLUTE GLAZING SOLUTIONS LIMITED→ 10367770 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation
Registered office
Unit 36 Acorn Industrial Park Crayford Road
Crayford
Dartford
Kent
DA1 4AL
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
Active
O'MARA, Paul Mervyn→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2009-05-11
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2008-10-29 · resigned 2008-10-30
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Recent filings (42 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-28