ABAL PEST AND BIRD CONTROL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07911953 · ltd · incorporated 2012-01-17
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy cheaply — 3 signals strengthening over the last 30 days.
- · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- · Opportunity score: 69 → 78
- · Bankability: 70 → 80
- · Distress / opportunity: exceptional → avoid
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
- · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Opportunity score: 69 → 78
- ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 70 → 80
- ·Distress / opportunity: exceptional → avoid
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£145.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 97000Activities of households as employers of domestic personnel
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
49 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £145,653
Net assets shrinking
Down £28,742 YoY
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£198k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Net Worth
£146k
↓ 16% YoY
Current Assets
£534k
↑ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £439.4k | £254.3k |
| Current assets | £534.0k | £328.8k |
| Cash | £197.8k | £205.7k |
| Debtors | £324.0k | £118.8k |
| Net assets | £145.7k | £174.4k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 change-of-name
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2025-12-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-22📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-08-22📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-08-22📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2025-08-19📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-08-12📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2024-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-29📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-07-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-14📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-03-27📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2024-03-26📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2023-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-26➕MCKEON, Lynne Susan appointeddirector
- 2021-03-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2012-01-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ABAL PEST AND BIRD CONTROL LIMITED
- 2012-01-17➕MCKEON, Adam David appointeddirector
- 2012-01-17➕JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointeddirector
- 2012-01-17➖JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer resigneddirector
Owner dependency
74/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changed recently
mediumName changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2026-04-10: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adam David Mckeon Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 17/01/2017 |
Mrs Lynne Susan Mckeon Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/01/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-01-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 4 Business Park
238 Green Lane
London
SE9 3TL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-24
Last: 2026-05-10
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
MCKEON, Adam David→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2012-01-17
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MCKEON, Lynne Susan→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2021-03-26
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JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
Resigneddirector · ~56y · appointed 2012-01-17 · resigned 2012-01-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 19/07/2024 | — |
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Recent filings (49 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-08-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-08-22
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-08-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-21
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-10