ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE CLEANING LTD

🌳Matureactive
08982688 · ltd · incorporated 2014-04-07
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
46 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
70
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 accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees54004300

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-21
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  3. 2025-03-11
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    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-12-12
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    accounts · AA01
  5. 2024-06-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-03-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-12-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-07-04
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  9. 2023-07-04
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  10. 2023-07-03
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  11. 2023-07-03
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  12. 2023-06-19
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  13. 2023-03-23
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    accounts · AA01
  14. 2022-12-23
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2022-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-07-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2021-07-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2021-07-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2021-07-29
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    officers · CH01
  21. 2015-12-01
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    BURGESS, Steven appointed
    director
  22. 2014-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ABSOLUTE BRILLIANCE CLEANING LTD
  23. 2014-04-07
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    BURGESS, Angela Noreen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

86/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Angela Noreen Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

242/242a Farnham Road
Slough
Berks
SL1 4XE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BURGESS, Angela Noreen→
director · ~66y · appointed 2014-04-07
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BURGESS, Steven→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-12-01
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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-03-11
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-04
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-19