ABBEY ROAD MEWS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

NI044449 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-21

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 Jan 2025

Net worth

£12

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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 (73/100)

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

13 officers (2 active, 13 linked, 8 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

77 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £12

Cash YoY

+21%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£7k

↑ 21% YoY

Net Worth

£12

~ YoY

Current Assets

£7k

↑ 8.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-01-31	2024-01-31
Total assets	£12	£12
Current assets	£6.9k	£6.3k
Cash	£6.8k	£5.7k
Debtors	£15	£664
Net assets	£12	£12

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand

2025-09-01
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accounts · AA
2025-06-09
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-06
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CARUTH, Samuel Frederick Erskine resigned
secretary
2025-03-08
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-02-11
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-01
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officers · AP01
2019-11-01
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officers · TM01
2019-10-25
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-10-25
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-10-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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MCGUINNESS, Steve appointed
director
2019-09-16
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FLECK, Alex resigned
director
2018-11-07
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2016-01-19
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BLAIR, Linsey resigned
director
2016-01-19
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FLECK, Alex appointed
director
2014-10-30
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BLAIR, Linsey appointed
director
2014-10-30
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BLAIR, Linsey resigned
director
2014-10-30
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RITCHIE, Ashley appointed
director
2014-10-30
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RITCHIE, Ashley resigned
director
2014-01-06
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RITCHIE, Ashley appointed
secretary
2014-01-06
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FLECK, Alex resigned
secretary
2008-03-04
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SECRETARY SERVICES LTD resigned
corporate-secretary
2007-09-20
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BLAIR, Linsey appointed
director
2007-09-15
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DIRECTOR MANAGEMENT LTD resigned
corporate-director
2007-03-05
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FLECK, Alex appointed
secretary
2005-11-16
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SECRETARY SERVICES LTD appointed
corporate-secretary
2005-11-16
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CARUTH, Judith resigned
director
2005-11-16
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CARUTH, Samuel Frederick Erskine resigned
director
2005-11-16
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DIRECTOR MANAGEMENT LTD appointed
corporate-director
2003-04-17
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BARBOUR, Richard James Nelson resigned
director
2003-04-17
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CARUTH, Judith appointed
director
2002-10-21
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Company incorporated
As ABBEY ROAD MEWS LIMITED
2002-10-21
➕
CARUTH, Samuel Frederick Erskine appointed
secretary
2002-10-21
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BARBOUR, Richard James Nelson appointed
director
2002-10-21
➕
CARUTH, Samuel Frederick Erskine appointed
director

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

55/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Similar companies

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Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
ARDMILLAN MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ NI050765 · est 2004 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	21y	—	—
ARDMORE HOUSING MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ NI035558 · est 1999 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	27y	—	—
ARDRIGH MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ NI020024 · est 1986 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	39y	—	—
ARDTANA MANAGEMENT COMPANY LIMITED→ NI628820 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	11y	—	—
ARK GLASS LIMITED→ NI611990 · est 2012 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
ARKIOS INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ NI719916 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	1y	—	—
ARLEE MEWS LIMITED→ NI039503 · est 2000 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	25y	—	—
ARMAGH ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS LIMITED→ NI634388 · est 2015 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
ASAP CARGO HOLDINGS LTD→ NI704443 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ASHGROVE HALL (NEWRY) LIMITED→ NI041080 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
ASHGROVE LODGE PROPERTY MANAGEMENT LTD→ NI640554 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
ASHLEA COTTAGES LTD→ NI665914 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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

Incorporated2002-10-21

Jurisdictionnorthern-ireland

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

7 Pattons Lane

Holywood

Co. Down

BT18 9FX

Northern Ireland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-10-31

Last made up to: 2025-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-05

Last: 2025-11-21

Officers (2 active · 11 resigned)

RITCHIE, Ashley→

secretary · appointed 2014-01-06

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

MCGUINNESS, Steve→

director · ~53y · appointed 2019-09-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CARUTH, Samuel Frederick Erskine→

secretary · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2025-06-06

Resigned

FLECK, Alex→

secretary · appointed 2007-03-05 · resigned 2014-01-06

Resigned

SECRETARY SERVICES LTD→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-11-16 · resigned 2008-03-04

Resigned

BARBOUR, Richard James Nelson→

director · ~72y · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2003-04-17

Resigned

BLAIR, Linsey→

director · ~56y · appointed 2014-10-30 · resigned 2016-01-19

Resigned

BLAIR, Linsey→

director · ~56y · appointed 2007-09-20 · resigned 2014-10-30

Resigned

CARUTH, Judith→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-04-17 · resigned 2005-11-16

Resigned

CARUTH, Samuel Frederick Erskine→

director · ~81y · appointed 2002-10-21 · resigned 2005-11-16

Resigned

FLECK, Alex→

director · ~45y · appointed 2016-01-19 · resigned 2019-09-16

Resigned

RITCHIE, Ashley→

director · ~42y · appointed 2014-10-30 · resigned 2014-10-30

Resigned

DIRECTOR MANAGEMENT LTD→

corporate-director · appointed 2005-11-16 · resigned 2007-09-15

Resigned

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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-19

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-09-01

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2025-06-09

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date

gazette · DISS40

2025-03-08

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-03-06

gazette-notice-compulsory

gazette · GAZ1

2025-02-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2024-10-07

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-10-30

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

address · AD01

2023-01-11

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-01-11

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-10-21

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-12-23

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2021-09-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-03-04