ABODE LETTINGS AND PROPERTY SERVICES LTD

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16007893 · ltd · incorporated 2024-10-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residents property management
Sector: Activities of households
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
7 filings
60
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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-22
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  2. 2025-06-18
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-29
    DORAN, Hannah Louise appointed
    director
  4. 2025-05-29
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-05-29
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2025-05-01
    DORAN, Christopher Michael resigned
    director
  7. 2024-10-31
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  8. 2024-10-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ABODE LETTINGS AND PROPERTY SERVICES LTD
  9. 2024-10-09
    DORAN, Christopher Michael appointed
    director
  10. 2024-10-09
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 ·
Name changed recently
medium

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

Evidence: 2024-10-31: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Miss Hannah Louise Doran
Individual · British · DOB 10/2001 · age 25
sig. influencesignificant influence · trust interest · firm interest22/06/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Christopher Michael Doranceased 29/05/2025· 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
Incorporated2024-10-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

4 Willows Road
Linthorpe Village
Middlesbrough
North Yorkshire
TS5 6RG
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-09
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

DORAN, Hannah Louise
director · ~25y · appointed 2025-05-29
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Active
DORAN, Christopher Michael
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-10-09 · resigned 2025-05-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (7 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-22
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-05-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-10-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-10-09