ABBEY BOILERS & HEATING LTD

💤Zombieactive
08830984 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-03
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£-5.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 74/100 (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: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -36% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

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 (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
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 £5,264
Net assets shrinking
Down £8,543 YoY
Cash YoY
-36%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£7k
↓ 36% YoY
Net Worth
-£5k
↓ 261% YoY
Current Assets
£20k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£5k£2k£9k£16k£23k£30kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£-5.3k£3.3k
Current assets£19.6k£30.2k
Cash£6.6k£10.4k
Debtors£13.0k£19.8k
Net assets£-5.3k£3.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-11
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  3. 2024-01-29
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  4. 2023-10-12
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    address · AD01
  5. 2022-09-14
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  6. 2021-10-31
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  7. 2021-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-02-11
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  9. 2021-02-11
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2021-02-11
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    officers · TM01
  11. 2021-02-11
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-12-31
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    FIELD, Brian Stephen resigned
    director
  14. 2020-12-31
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    FIELD, Susan Ann resigned
    director
  15. 2019-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-01
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  17. 2017-10-31
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  18. 2014-01-29
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    FIELD, Christopher Timothy appointed
    director
  19. 2014-01-29
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    FIELD, Susan Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2014-01-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY BOILERS & HEATING LTD
  21. 2014-01-03
    ➕
    FIELD, Brian Stephen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

58/100
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 12 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Timothy Field
Individual · British · DOB 06/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Brian Stephen Fieldceased 31/12/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Susan Ann Fieldceased 31/12/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2014-01-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43220 — Plumbing, heat and air-conditioning installation

Registered office

Avn Arena Norfolk Limited
7, North Lynn Business Village, Bergen Way
Kings Lynn
Norfolk
PE30 2JG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-18
Last: 2026-03-04

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

FIELD, Christopher Timothy→
director · ~47y · appointed 2014-01-29
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Active
FIELD, Brian Stephen→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-01-03 · resigned 2020-12-31
Resigned
FIELD, Susan Ann→
director · ~74y · appointed 2014-01-29 · resigned 2020-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-02-11