AB LANDSCAPING LTD.

💤Zombieactive

SC300265 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-04

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

£17.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Landscape service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle 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 (75/100)

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

51 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £17,155

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£17k

↑ 201% YoY

Current Assets

£55k

↓ 24% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£28.4k	£4.7k
Current assets	£54.9k	£71.8k
Net assets	£17.2k	£-16.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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2025-01-28
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2024-01-15
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2023-01-25
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2022-01-21
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2021-01-13
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2020-01-20
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2019-01-11
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accounts · AA
2018-02-28
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accounts · AA
2017-05-12
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RODGERS, Lynn appointed
secretary
2017-05-12
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MILLS, Shirley Johanna resigned
secretary
2017-05-12
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officers · AP03
2017-05-12
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officers · TM02
2017-01-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-28
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-31
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accounts · AA
2015-05-05
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annual-return · AR01
2006-04-04
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Company incorporated
As AB LANDSCAPING LTD.
2006-04-04
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BAXTER, George Alan appointed
director
2006-04-04
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MILLS, Shirley Johanna appointed
secretary
2006-04-04
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BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
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2006-04-04
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BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
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2006-04-04
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. appointed
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2006-04-04
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STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD. resigned
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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 20 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 George Alan Baxter Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	04/04/2017

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-04-04

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

9 Smallholdings Stonebyers

Lanark

South Lanarkshire

ML11 9UW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-18

Last: 2026-04-04

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

RODGERS, Lynn→

secretary · appointed 2017-05-12

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Active

BAXTER, George Alan→

director · ~60y · appointed 2006-04-04

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Active

MILLS, Shirley Johanna→

secretary · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2017-05-12

Resigned

BRIAN REID LTD.→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2006-04-04

Resigned

STEPHEN MABBOTT LTD.→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-04-04 · resigned 2006-04-04

Resigned

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