ABODE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
11694255 · ltd · incorporated 2018-11-23
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
14 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 6.8y
15/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
14 charges (14/14 with lender, 14/14 with type)
90
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|
| Average employees | 1 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 accounts
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (48 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-05📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2025-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-20📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-12-02📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-02-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-07-02📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-07-01🔒Charge registered #14Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-07-01🔒Charge registered #13Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-06-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-26📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-06-20📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2024-06-20🔒Charge registered #12Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-06-20🔒Charge registered #11Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2024-04-16📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-04-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-04📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2024-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2024-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2024-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2024-04-04🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-03-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-12📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-12🔓Charge satisfied #10
- 2024-03-12🔓Charge satisfied #9
- 2024-03-12🔓Charge satisfied #8
- 2024-03-12🔓Charge satisfied #7
- 2023-11-04📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2022-09-13🔒Charge registered #10Lender: Charles Street Commercial Investments Limited
- 2022-09-13🔒Charge registered #9Lender: Charles Street Commercial Investments Limited
- 2022-04-29🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2022-04-29🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2020-02-11🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2020-02-07🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited, Trading as Together
- 2020-02-07🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2020-02-07🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited
- 2019-08-12🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited (Trading as Together)
- 2019-08-12🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Together Commercial Finance Limited (Trading as Together)
- 2018-11-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ABODE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
- 2018-11-23➕LADSON, Ashley James appointeddirector
Owner dependency
80/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +No director turnover: Company is 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome 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 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Abode Manchester Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Abode Manchester Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ABODE ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED
This company · 11694255
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Abode Manchester Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/02/2019 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Ashley James Ladsonceased 08/02/2019· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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9 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2018-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
The Colony
Altrincham Road
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 4LY
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last: 2025-11-22
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
LADSON, Ashley James→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2018-11-23
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Mortgages & charges
14
Total charges
4
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:14 of 14 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/07/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/07/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/06/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 20/06/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Charles Street Commercial Investments Charles Street Commercial Investments Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/09/2022 | 12/03/2024 | |
| satisfied | Charles Street Commercial Investments Charles Street Commercial Investments Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 13/09/2022 | 12/03/2024 | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/04/2022 | 12/03/2024 | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 29/04/2022 | 12/03/2024 | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/02/2020 | 04/04/2024 | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited, Trading as Together | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/02/2020 | 04/04/2024 | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/02/2020 | 04/04/2024 | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/02/2020 | 04/04/2024 | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited (Trading as Together) | A registered charge | 1 property | 12/08/2019 | 04/04/2024 | |
| satisfied | Together Money Together Commercial Finance Limited (Trading as Together) | A registered charge | 2 properties | 12/08/2019 | 16/04/2024 |
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Recent filings (51 total)
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-02
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-07-02
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-26
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-26
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-06-20
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-04-04