ABOVE AND BELOW PAR LIMITED
🌿Early-stageactive
14867312 · ltd · incorporated 2023-05-14
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£-15.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Tour operator activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
9 filings
60
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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £15,499
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
-£15k
↓ 162% YoY
Current Assets
£6k
↑ 666% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £907 | £-1.3k |
| Current assets | £6.3k | £822 |
| Net assets | £-15.5k | £-5.9k |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-02-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ABOVE AND BELOW PAR LIMITED
- 2023-05-14➕BROMILOW, Isabel Janet appointeddirector
- 2023-05-14➕BROMILOW, Michael Leonard appointeddirector
- 2023-05-14📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
86/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 69 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
- +Young company: Only 3.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Leonard Bromilow Individual · British · DOB 10/1957 · age 69 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 14/05/2023 |
Mrs Isabel Janet Bromilow Individual · British · DOB 09/1959 · age 67 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 14/05/2023 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Similar companies
Active · Leisure & entertainment · NN postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 123 CAMPS LTD→ 10327807 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| 14/48 UK C.I.C.→ 09147277 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| 1872 LTD→ 08692545 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| 2 LITRE CUP LIMITED→ 11086621 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| 24 YARDS LTD→ 10388246 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| 33 REASONS LTD→ 13895227 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| 60 MILES BY ROAD OR RAIL LTD→ 12276978 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 664 EVENTS LIMITED→ 16284114 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ABINGTON BOWLING CLUB LIMITED→ 00176407 · est 1921 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 104y | — | — |
| ACCENT PERCUSSION COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY→ 15223075 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ACE TO COLLEGE LTD→ 16183824 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ACRYLIC SPORTS COATINGS LTD→ 07408310 · est 2010 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 15y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-05-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC79120 — Tour operator activities
Registered office
1 The Elms
Silverstone
Towcester
NN12 8WD
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-27
Last: 2025-05-13
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BROMILOW, Isabel Janet→
Activedirector · ~67y · appointed 2023-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BROMILOW, Michael Leonard→
Activedirector · ~69y · appointed 2023-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (9 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-20
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-05-14