ABM CONTRACT SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14748969 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£17.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: General cleaning of buildings
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £17,057

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£17k
↑ 852750% YoY
Current Assets
£44k
↑ 2196050% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£9k£18k£26k£35k£44kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£17.1k£2
Current assets£43.9k£2
Net assets£17.1k£2

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-03
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2024-11-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-11-13
    NEWSON, Andrew appointed
    director
  6. 2024-11-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-11-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2024-11-13
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-10-16
    EDMUNDS, Myles appointed
    director
  10. 2024-10-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-09-26
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  12. 2024-09-26
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2024-09-24
    NEWSON, Bryony Lorna Jayne appointed
    director
  14. 2024-09-24
    EDMUNDS, Myles resigned
    director
  15. 2024-09-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2024-04-15
    NEWSON, Bryony Lorna Jayne resigned
    director
  17. 2024-04-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  18. 2023-03-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2023-03-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  20. 2023-03-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ABM CONTRACT SERVICES LTD
  21. 2023-03-22
    EDMUNDS, Myles appointed
    director
  22. 2023-03-22
    NEWSON, Bryony Lorna Jayne appointed
    director
  23. 2023-03-22
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Newson
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
5075%
50-75% shares13/11/2024
Mr Myles Edmunds
Individual · British · DOB 07/1993 · age 33
2550%
25-50% shares14/11/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mrs Bryony Lorna Jayne Newsonceased 02/12/2024· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Myles Edmundsceased 24/09/2024· significant influence

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
Incorporated2023-03-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81210 — General cleaning of buildings

Registered office

C/O Crasl Carlton Park House
Carlton Park Industrial Estate
Saxmundham
Suffolk
IP17 2NL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

EDMUNDS, Myles
director · ~33y · appointed 2024-10-16
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Active
NEWSON, Andrew
director · ~60y · appointed 2024-11-13
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Active
NEWSON, Bryony Lorna Jayne
director · ~29y · appointed 2024-09-24
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Active
EDMUNDS, Myles
director · ~33y · appointed 2023-03-22 · resigned 2024-09-24
Resigned
NEWSON, Bryony Lorna Jayne
director · ~29y · appointed 2023-03-22 · resigned 2024-04-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (21 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-09-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-26