ABM TRAINING SERVICES UK LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14531547 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-09
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
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-28.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 7 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
19 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
67/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £28,553

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1k
Net Worth
-£29k
Current Assets
£5k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-30
Total assets£-28.6k
Current assets£5.5k
Cash£1.2k
Debtors£4.3k
Net assets£-28.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 officers
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 2 officers
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-20
    JONES-OWEN, David appointed
    director
  3. 2026-04-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2026-02-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2026-02-19
    WINN, Michael Nicholas resigned
    director
  6. 2025-11-26
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2025-11-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2025-11-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2025-11-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2025-11-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2025-11-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2025-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2025-11-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  14. 2025-11-24
    HARRIS, Kelly-Marie appointed
    director
  15. 2025-11-24
    ROUSE, Simon Paul appointed
    director
  16. 2025-11-24
    SMITH, Nicole Marie appointed
    director
  17. 2025-11-24
    GREENLEAF, Simon resigned
    director
  18. 2025-11-24
    WADE, Rebecca Kim resigned
    director
  19. 2025-11-24
    WINN, Michael Nicholas appointed
    director
  20. 2025-11-07
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    second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC02
  21. 2025-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2025-07-15
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  23. 2025-07-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2025-07-15
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  25. 2024-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  26. 2022-12-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABM TRAINING SERVICES UK LIMITED
  27. 2022-12-09
    GREENLEAF, Simon appointed
    director
  28. 2022-12-09
    WADE, Rebecca Kim appointed
    director
  29. 2022-12-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

40/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

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

Red flags

1 med ·
3 director resignations in last 12 months
medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: GREENLEAF, Simon resigned 2025-11-24; WADE, Rebecca Kim resigned 2025-11-24; WINN, Michael Nicholas resigned 2026-02-19

Group structure

Abm Training (Uk) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Abm Training (Uk) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ABM TRAINING SERVICES UK LIMITED
This company · 14531547

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
Abm Training (Uk) Ltd
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control31/03/2025
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Simon Greenleafceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Rebecca Kim Wadeceased 31/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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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7 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
Incorporated2022-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Floor 5 Great Charles Street Queensway
Birmingham
B3 3HN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

HARRIS, Kelly-Marie
director · ~45y · appointed 2025-11-24
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Active
JONES-OWEN, David
director · ~46y · appointed 2026-04-20
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Active
ROUSE, Simon Paul
director · ~52y · appointed 2025-11-24
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Active
SMITH, Nicole Marie
director · ~42y · appointed 2025-11-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREENLEAF, Simon
director · ~62y · appointed 2022-12-09 · resigned 2025-11-24
Resigned
WADE, Rebecca Kim
director · ~48y · appointed 2022-12-09 · resigned 2025-11-24
Resigned
WINN, Michael Nicholas
director · ~47y · appointed 2025-11-24 · resigned 2026-02-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-02
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-11-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-11-25
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC02
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-07-15