ALBY ESTATES MAINTENANCE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive
11923565 · ltd · incorporated 2019-04-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-29.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £29,672
Cash YoY
+89%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 89% YoY
Net Worth
-£30k
↑ 1.4% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 88% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£30k-£19k-£8k£3k£14k£25kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-20.5k£-18.7k
Current assets£3.1k£25.4k
Cash£1.6k£852
Debtors£1.5k£24.6k
Net assets£-29.7k£-30.1k

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
4
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
7
filings
  • • 3 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2026-05-05
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2026-04-30
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  4. 2026-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2026-03-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2026-03-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-11
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Katie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  14. 2020-06-11
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2019-05-01
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  16. 2019-04-24
    ➖
    BOLDERO, Ian Gordon Mcdonald resigned
    secretary
  17. 2019-04-24
    📄
    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  18. 2019-04-17
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  19. 2019-04-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2019-04-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBY ESTATES MAINTENANCE LIMITED
  21. 2019-04-03
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Iain John appointed
    director
  22. 2019-04-03
    ➕
    BOLDERO, Ian Gordon Mcdonald appointed
    secretary
  23. 2019-04-03
    ➕
    DUKE, Michael appointed
    director
  24. 2019-04-03
    ➖
    DUKE, Michael resigned
    director

Owner dependency

74/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Iain John Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/04/2019
Mrs Katie Edwards
Individual · British · DOB 10/1972 · age 54
25–50%
—25-50% shares03/04/2019

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
Incorporated2019-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Bircham Centre Market Place
Reepham
Norwich
NR10 4JJ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

EDWARDS, Iain John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2019-04-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Katie Elizabeth→
director · ~54y · appointed 2020-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOLDERO, Ian Gordon Mcdonald→
secretary · appointed 2019-04-03 · resigned 2019-04-24
Resigned
DUKE, Michael→
director · ~67y · appointed 2019-04-03 · resigned 2019-04-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-05-05
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26