ABC DOMESTIC SERVICES LTD

💤Zombieactive

NI036419 · ltd · incorporated 1999-06-23

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Steady and stalled — no momentum either way. Needs an approach trigger.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.

Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	0	0

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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2025-03-12
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2024-08-20
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address · AD01
2024-03-27
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accounts · AA
2023-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-30
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-06-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-30
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accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-03-30
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accounts · AA
2017-07-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2016-11-07
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accounts · AA
2016-07-11
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2008-12-02
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DESMOND, Brid Teresa appointed
secretary
2008-12-02
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LAWRENCE, Anne-Marie resigned
secretary
1999-09-07
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DESMOND, Conor appointed
director
1999-09-07
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PALMER, Robert Desmond resigned
director
1999-06-23
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Company incorporated
As ABC DOMESTIC SERVICES LTD
1999-06-23
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LAWRENCE, Anne-Marie appointed
secretary
1999-06-23
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PALMER, Robert Desmond appointed
director

Owner dependency

93/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Conor Desmond Individual · Irish · DOB 08/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	24/06/2016

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.

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ASCOT SIGNS LTD→ NI616201 · est 2013	£17.14M £12.85M–£21.42M	£18.46M	—	9000	13y	93	66y
CALVERT OFFICE EQUIPMENT LIMITED→ NI006103 · est 1964	£8.84M £6.63M–£11.04M	£11.08M	—	4500	61y	87	61y
MCELMEEL MOBILITY SERVICES LIMITED→ NI031911 · est 1997	£5.01M £3.75M–£6.26M	£20.88M	—	7900	29y	95	75y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (STRABANE) HOLDINGS LIMITED→ NI057726 · est 2006	£2.32M £1.74M–£2.90M	—	—	0	20y	85	61y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (DOWN & CONNOR) LIMITED→ NI070347 · est 2008	£2.31M £1.73M–£2.89M	—	—	0	17y	85	61y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (DOWN & CONNOR) HOLDINGS LIMITED→ NI070500 · est 2008	£2.30M £1.72M–£2.87M	—	—	0	17y	85	61y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (STRABANE) LIMITED→ NI057713 · est 2006	£2.23M £1.67M–£2.78M	—	—	0	20y	85	61y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (DERRY) LIMITED→ NI070493 · est 2008	£2.09M £1.57M–£2.61M	—	—	0	17y	85	61y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (DERRY) HOLDINGS LIMITED→ NI070498 · est 2008	£1.80M £1.35M–£2.25M	—	—	0	17y	85	61y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (OMAGH) LIMITED→ NI042760 · est 2002	£1.76M £1.32M–£2.20M	—	—	0	24y	85	61y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (OMAGH) HOLDINGS LIMITED→ NI042770 · est 2002	£1.62M £1.22M–£2.03M	—	—	0	24y	85	61y
BELFAST EDUCATIONAL SERVICES (HOLDINGS) LIMITED→ NI038642 · est 2000	£1.60M £1.20M–£2.00M	—	—	0	26y	84	61y

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1999-06-23

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Letterkenny Road

Derry

BT48 9XG

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-07

Last: 2025-06-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

DESMOND, Brid Teresa→

secretary · appointed 2008-12-02

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DESMOND, Conor→

director · ~60y · appointed 1999-09-07

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LAWRENCE, Anne-Marie→

secretary · appointed 1999-06-23 · resigned 2008-12-02

Resigned

PALMER, Robert Desmond→

director · ~85y · appointed 1999-06-23 · resigned 1999-09-07

Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-03-05

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-01

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-03-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-20

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2024-08-20

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-04

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-06-30

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2022-06-30

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-06-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-03-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-30