ABELLA MANAGEMENT SERVICES UK LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
11616728 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-11
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
72/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
  • 68320Management of real estate on a fee or contract basis
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 72/100 (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 (78/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
21 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
72/100Strong
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
85
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 £1

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£1
~ YoY
Current Assets
£1
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£1£1£1Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£1£1
Current assets£1£1
Net assets£1£1

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-12
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-06-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-27
    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  9. 2020-07-27
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2020-07-27
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2019-11-06
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2019-08-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2018-10-11
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABELLA MANAGEMENT SERVICES UK LIMITED
  14. 2018-10-11
    LORD, Tom appointed
    director
  15. 2018-10-11
    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2018-10-11
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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

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 Tom Lord
Individual · English · DOB 01/1989 · age 37
sig. influencesignificant influence11/10/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Abella Group Limitedceased 06/11/2019· significant influence · firm interest

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

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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
Incorporated2018-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Chichester House
Chichester Street
Rochdale
OL16 2AX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

LORD, Tom
director · ~37y · appointed 2018-10-11
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Active
TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2018-10-11 · resigned 2020-07-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-27
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-07-27