ABODE MAINTENANCE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06981878 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-05
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£-340
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 81100
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £340

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£340
~ YoY
Current Assets
£60
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
-£340-£260-£180-£100-£20£60Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-340£-340
Current assets£60£60
Debtors£60£60
Net assets£-340£-340

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-06-13
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-15
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-12-05
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-03
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2017-02-22
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    address · AD01
  12. 2016-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-06
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-07-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-07-22
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    address · AD01
  16. 2009-08-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ABODE MAINTENANCE LIMITED
  17. 2009-08-05
    JACKSON, Christopher Mark appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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 17 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
Mr Christopher Mark Jackson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1980 · age 46
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control22/07/2016

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
Incorporated2009-08-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81100 — SIC 81100

Registered office

Chris Jackson C/O Springwell Easylet
6 Blenheim Walk
Leeds
LS2 9AQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-05
Last: 2025-07-22

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

JACKSON, Christopher Mark
director · ~46y · appointed 2009-08-05
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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-05