ABILITY CAMBRIDGE NINE LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
12240321 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-02
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Hotels and similar accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
17 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
21 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees300400

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2023-12-15
    ➖
    BREGMAN, Jonathan David resigned
    director
  5. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-08-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2021-07-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-07-08
    ➕
    CHIN, Juin Yong appointed
    director
  11. 2021-07-08
    ➕
    BREGMAN, Jonathan David appointed
    director
  12. 2021-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-06-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2021-06-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2021-05-27
    ➕
    GILES, Martyn David appointed
    director
  16. 2019-11-26
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  17. 2019-11-26
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2019-11-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2019-11-13
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, London Branch as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (Security Agent)
  20. 2019-10-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ABILITY CAMBRIDGE NINE LTD
  21. 2019-10-02
    ➕
    CHIN, Juin Yong appointed
    secretary
  22. 2019-10-02
    ➕
    PANAYIOTOU, Andreas Costas appointed
    director
  23. 2019-10-02
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.

Red flags

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Ability Cambridge Eight Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ability Cambridge Eight Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ABILITY CAMBRIDGE NINE LTD
This company · 12240321

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
Ability Cambridge Eight Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting02/10/2019

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55100 — Hotels and similar accommodation

Registered office

Hilton London Syon Park Syon Park
London Road
Brentford
Middlesex
TW8 8JF
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-15
Last: 2025-10-01

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CHIN, Juin Yong→
secretary · appointed 2019-10-02
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Active
CHIN, Juin Yong→
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-07-08
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Active
GILES, Martyn David→
director · ~57y · appointed 2021-05-27
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Active
PANAYIOTOU, Andreas Costas→
director · ~60y · appointed 2019-10-02
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Active
BREGMAN, Jonathan David→
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-07-08 · resigned 2023-12-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China , London Branch as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (Security Agent)
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited, London Branch as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties (Security Agent)
A registered charge1 property13/11/2019—
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Recent filings (21 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-08-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-06-18