ABLE FACILITIES GROUP LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
08834893 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-07
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
£61.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81300Landscape service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 1 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
29 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £61,560

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£62k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£56k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£13k£26k£38k£51k£64kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£77.1k£69.5k
Current assets£56.5k£63.9k
Net assets£61.6k£52.4k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 2 change-of-name
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-07
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-01-07
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  3. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-01-12
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2022-01-05
    BOLTON, Laura resigned
    secretary
  11. 2020-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-10-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-01-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-12-01
    BOLTON, Laura appointed
    secretary
  18. 2014-01-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABLE FACILITIES GROUP LIMITED
  19. 2014-01-07
    WILLIAMS, Scott 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

1 med ·
Name changed 2 times
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-01-07: certificate-change-of-name-company; 2026-01-07: change-of-name-notice

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Scott Williams
Individual · British · DOB 08/1985 · age 41
75100%
75-100% shares07/01/2017

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
Incorporated2014-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

Office Suite 3 23 Anders Square
Perton
Wolverhampton
WV6 7QH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

WILLIAMS, Scott
director · ~41y · appointed 2014-01-07
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Active
BOLTON, Laura
secretary · appointed 2014-12-01 · resigned 2022-01-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (29 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-15
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-01-07
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-02