ABM PERFORMANCE LTD

💤Zombieactive
14494779 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-20
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
59/100
Worth a look
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45112
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 59/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. 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, 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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
14 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
59/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
56
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 gazette
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (13 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-12
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  2. 2025-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-07-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-01-30
    📍
    move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
    address · AD03
  5. 2025-01-30
    📍
    change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
    address · AD02
  6. 2025-01-29
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  7. 2025-01-29
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2024-03-06
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2024-02-17
    📄
    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  10. 2024-02-13
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  11. 2022-11-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABM PERFORMANCE LTD
  12. 2022-11-20
    CHAKA, Ahmed Yakub appointed
    director
  13. 2022-11-20
    📄
    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

1 high · 1 med · 1 low
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-02-12

Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-01-29: certificate-change-of-name-company

Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ahmed Yakub Chaka
Individual · British · DOB 02/1996 · age 30
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/11/2022

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
Incorporated2022-11-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

646 Preston Road
Clayton-Le-Woods
Chorley
PR6 7EH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-02-12OVERDUE
Last: 2025-01-29

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

CHAKA, Ahmed Yakub
director · ~30y · appointed 2022-11-20
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Recent filings (14 total)

gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-10
move-registers-to-sail-company-with-new-address
address · AD03
2025-01-30
change-sail-address-company-with-new-address
address · AD02
2025-01-30
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-06
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-02-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-15
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-02-13
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-11-20