A B W CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
14532795 · ltd · incorporated 2022-12-09
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 81221Window cleaning services
  • 81222Specialised cleaning services
  • 81299Other cleaning services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
12 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
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
74
Few red 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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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
1
filing
  • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (11 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-10
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-08-22
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-08-21
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  5. 2025-08-12
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2025-08-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-09-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-15
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  9. 2022-12-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As A B W CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED
  10. 2022-12-09
    LARTEI, Mary Woolley appointed
    director
  11. 2022-12-09
    📄
    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 med · 1 low
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2025-08-21: 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
Mary Woolley Lartei
Individual · Ghanaian · DOB 09/1972 · age 54
75100%
75-100% shares09/12/2022

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
Incorporated2022-12-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

Suite G04, 1 Quality Court
Chancery Lane
London
WC2A 1HR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-03
Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

LARTEI, Mary Woolley
director · ~54y · appointed 2022-12-09
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Recent filings (12 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-22
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-12-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-12-09