A B C CLEANING SERVICES (MIDLANDS) LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14507968 · ltd · incorporated 2022-11-26
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
19 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-11
    ➕
    BROWN, Craige Steven appointed
    director
  3. 2025-04-11
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-09
    ➕
    BROWN, David appointed
    director
  6. 2024-12-09
    ➖
    BROWN, Craige Steven resigned
    director
  7. 2024-12-09
    ➖
    BROWN, Jason resigned
    director
  8. 2024-12-09
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  9. 2024-12-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-12-09
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-12-09
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2024-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2024-06-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2024-03-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2023-02-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  16. 2023-02-01
    ➖
    BROWN, Jasmine Mae resigned
    director
  17. 2022-12-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2022-12-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  19. 2022-12-01
    ➕
    BROWN, Craige Steven appointed
    director
  20. 2022-11-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A B C CLEANING SERVICES (MIDLANDS) LTD
  21. 2022-11-26
    ➕
    BROWN, Jasmine Mae appointed
    director
  22. 2022-11-26
    ➕
    BROWN, Jason appointed
    director
  23. 2022-11-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BROWN, Craige Steven (same surname) appointed 2025-04-11. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Craige Steven Brown
Individual · British · DOB 10/1974 · age 52
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/12/2022
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Jason Brownceased 09/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
  • Mrs Jasmine Mae Brownceased 01/06/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2022-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

6 Mortimer Street
Allenton
Derby
DE24 8FW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BROWN, Craige Steven→
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-04-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, David→
director · ~77y · appointed 2024-12-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROWN, Craige Steven→
director · ~52y · appointed 2022-12-01 · resigned 2024-12-09
Resigned
BROWN, Jasmine Mae→
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-11-26 · resigned 2023-02-01
Resigned
BROWN, Jason→
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-11-26 · resigned 2024-12-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (19 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-09
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-12-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-09
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-02-08