AB CHESHIRE LLP

💤Zombieactive
OC309781 · llp · incorporated 2004-10-27
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, no SIC, incorporation date
80
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
18 officers (5 active, 18 linked, 13 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (58 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  2. 2025-06-25
    ➖
    ATKINSON, Jeffrey Eden resigned
    llp-designated-member
  3. 2025-06-25
    📄
    termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
    officers · LLTM01
  4. 2025-06-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-11-11
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  6. 2024-10-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-08
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    termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
    officers · LLTM01
  8. 2023-12-31
    ➖
    BAILEY, David resigned
    llp-designated-member
  9. 2023-11-13
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  10. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-10-27
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    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  12. 2022-09-23
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-11-01
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  14. 2021-09-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-01-04
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  16. 2020-12-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-11-28
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  18. 2019-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-11-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  20. 2018-11-30
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC07
  21. 2018-11-30
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-limited-liability-partnership
    persons-with-significant-control · LLPSC01
  22. 2018-10-04
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    termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
    officers · LLTM01
  23. 2018-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  24. 2018-09-04
    ➖
    CURWEN, Jonathan Gregory resigned
    llp-designated-member
  25. 2017-11-30
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  26. 2017-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  27. 2016-12-14
    📄
    confirmation-statement-with-updates
    confirmation-statement · LLCS01
  28. 2016-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  29. 2014-12-31
    ➖
    HARROP, Nicholas Charles resigned
    llp-designated-member
  30. 2013-10-23
    ➖
    PEACOCK, Daren resigned
    llp-designated-member
  31. 2013-09-09
    ➕
    HARROP, Nicholas Charles appointed
    llp-designated-member
  32. 2012-01-01
    ➕
    MONKS, Christopher Robert appointed
    llp-designated-member
  33. 2011-04-30
    ➖
    PHIBBS, John Edward resigned
    llp-member
  34. 2011-01-01
    ➕
    EDWARDS, Paul appointed
    llp-designated-member
  35. 2009-10-01
    ➖
    GREEN, Gary resigned
    llp-designated-member
  36. 2009-05-01
    ➕
    PHIBBS, John Edward appointed
    llp-member
  37. 2009-01-01
    ➕
    BAILEY, David appointed
    llp-designated-member
  38. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    CLARKE, John Kevin appointed
    llp-designated-member
  39. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    GREER, Gary appointed
    llp-designated-member
  40. 2008-01-01
    ➕
    GREEN, Gary appointed
    llp-designated-member
  41. 2007-12-31
    ➖
    GARY GREER LIMITED resigned
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  42. 2007-12-31
    ➖
    JOHN K CLARKE LIMITED resigned
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  43. 2007-07-01
    ➕
    CURWEN, Jonathan Gregory appointed
    llp-designated-member
  44. 2007-07-01
    ➕
    PEACOCK, Daren appointed
    llp-designated-member
  45. 2007-02-01
    ➖
    MARTIN, Anthony Graham resigned
    llp-designated-member
  46. 2006-06-30
    ➖
    NICK MARSH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-llp-designated-member
  47. 2005-01-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  48. 2004-10-27
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As AB CHESHIRE LLP
  49. 2004-10-27
    ➕
    O'MALLEY, Peter Anthony appointed
    llp-designated-member
  50. 2004-10-27
    ➕
    ATKINSON, Jeffrey Eden appointed
    llp-designated-member
Showing most recent 50 of 58 events

Owner dependency

50/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Anthony O'Malley
Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/01/2018
Mr Gary Greer
Individual · British · DOB 01/1958 · age 68
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Kevin Clarkeceased 31/12/2017· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typellp
Incorporated2004-10-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC—

Registered office

31 Wellington Road
Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 7ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-11
Last: 2025-09-27

Officers (5 active · 13 resigned)

CLARKE, John Kevin→
llp-designated-member · ~61y · appointed 2008-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EDWARDS, Paul→
llp-designated-member · ~48y · appointed 2011-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREER, Gary→
llp-designated-member · ~68y · appointed 2008-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MONKS, Christopher Robert→
llp-designated-member · ~48y · appointed 2012-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
O'MALLEY, Peter Anthony→
llp-designated-member · ~55y · appointed 2004-10-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ATKINSON, Jeffrey Eden→
llp-designated-member · ~57y · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2025-06-25
Resigned
BAILEY, David→
llp-designated-member · ~57y · appointed 2009-01-01 · resigned 2023-12-31
Resigned
CURWEN, Jonathan Gregory→
llp-designated-member · ~50y · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2018-09-04
Resigned
GREEN, Gary→
llp-designated-member · ~68y · appointed 2008-01-01 · resigned 2009-10-01
Resigned
HARROP, Nicholas Charles→
llp-designated-member · ~61y · appointed 2013-09-09 · resigned 2014-12-31
Resigned
MARTIN, Anthony Graham→
llp-designated-member · ~64y · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2007-02-01
Resigned
PEACOCK, Daren→
llp-designated-member · ~58y · appointed 2007-07-01 · resigned 2013-10-23
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2004-10-27
Resigned
GARY GREER LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2007-12-31
Resigned
JOHN K CLARKE LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2007-12-31
Resigned
NICK MARSH LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2006-06-30
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-llp-designated-member · appointed 2004-10-27 · resigned 2004-10-27
Resigned
PHIBBS, John Edward→
llp-member · ~76y · appointed 2009-05-01 · resigned 2011-04-30
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/01/2005—
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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2025-09-30
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2025-06-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-08
termination-member-limited-liability-partnership-with-name-termination-date
officers · LLTM01
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2023-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2022-10-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2021-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · LLCS01
2019-11-28