ABBEY GROUP SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11484629 · ltd · incorporated 2018-07-26
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
£338.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Special-situation opportunity
Distressed holding with salvageable qualities — special-situations priority.

Opportunity 67/100 (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: Resolve: 2 insolvency-related filings on record. Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £338,214
Cash YoY
+279%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£84k
↑ 279% YoY
Net Worth
£338k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Assets
£146k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£68k£135k£203k£271k£338kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£338.2k£316.9k
Current assets£146.1k£124.0k
Cash£84.4k£22.3k
Debtors£61.7k£101.7k
Net assets£338.2k£316.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 2 officers
Last 180 days
16
filings
  • 6 capital
  • 4 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-06-23
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-06-19
    TEGLEROVA, Daniela appointed
    director
  4. 2026-06-19
    BROOKES, David Michael resigned
    director
  5. 2026-02-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2026-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2026-02-09
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  8. 2026-02-09
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  9. 2026-02-07
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    legacy
    capital · SH20
  10. 2026-02-07
    📄
    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  11. 2026-02-07
    ⚠️
    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  12. 2026-02-07
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  13. 2026-02-05
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2026-02-05
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2026-02-05
    📄
    capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
    capital · SH19
  16. 2026-02-05
    📄
    legacy
    capital · SH20
  17. 2026-02-05
    ⚠️
    legacy
    insolvency · CAP-SS
  18. 2026-02-05
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2025-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2024-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2024-01-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  22. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  23. 2023-09-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  24. 2022-09-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  25. 2018-07-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABBEY GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
  26. 2018-07-26
    BROOKES, David Michael 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

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 high ·
2 insolvency-related filings on record
high

Filings relating to insolvency, liquidation, or administration exist in the company's history. Review before proceeding.

Evidence: 2026-02-07: legacy; 2026-02-05: legacy

Group structure

Abbey Group Holdco Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Abbey Group Holdco Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
ABBEY GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 11484629

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Abbey Group Holdco Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting05/02/2026
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Michael Brookesceased 09/02/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-07-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 58 Shrivenham Hundred Majors Road
Watchfield
Swindon
SN6 8TY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

TEGLEROVA, Daniela
director · ~36y · appointed 2026-06-19
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Active
BROOKES, David Michael
director · ~50y · appointed 2018-07-26 · resigned 2026-06-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-06-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-06-23
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-02-09
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-02-09
legacy
capital · SH20
2026-02-07
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2026-02-07
legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2026-02-07
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-02-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-05
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-02-05
capital-statement-capital-company-with-date-currency-figure
capital · SH19
2026-02-05
legacy
capital · SH20
2026-02-05
legacy
insolvency · CAP-SS
2026-02-05