ALAN HADLEY LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

00277871 · ltd · incorporated 1933-07-15

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£6.33M

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 38210

Sector: Water supply & waste

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: leverage-led grower with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (77/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 56.9y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 56.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 40/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

16 officers (7 active, 16 linked, 12 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

14 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

138 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

83/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £5,914

Turnover YoY

+2%

Year on year

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	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	£6.33M	£6.18M
Gross profit	£1.20M	£1.19M
Operating profit	£124.8k	£133.8k
Profit before tax	£5.9k	£19.2k
Average employees	4100	4400

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2026-05-15
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accounts · AA
2026-03-23
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-02-17
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2025-05-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-07
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officers · AP01
2025-01-01
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RAYNS, Chris appointed
director
2024-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
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officers · TM01
2024-04-30
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GRAY, Douglas Allan resigned
director
2023-05-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-28
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-01-04
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-04
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officers · AP01
2021-01-01
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FENTON, Matthew Robert Paul appointed
director
2021-01-01
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GRAY, Douglas Allan appointed
director
2020-06-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-09-02
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-08-30
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GAMMER, David Burnett resigned
director
2019-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-01-02
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PERRIN, David appointed
director
2015-01-06
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LOCK, Paul appointed
director
2014-10-20
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Charge satisfied #4
2010-10-31
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CANNON, Peter John resigned
director
2009-10-01
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FLEMING, Jean resigned
director
2009-02-27
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2008-10-17
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PHELAN, Lee Christopher James resigned
director
2008-06-04
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Aib Group (UK) PLC Trading as Allied Irish Bank (GB)
2008-04-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2008-04-07
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CANNON, Peter John appointed
director
2005-11-08
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PHELAN, Lee Christopher James appointed
director
2005-03-22
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HARPER, Anthony John appointed
director
2004-06-22
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FENTON, Matthew appointed
secretary
2004-06-22
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FENTON, James Stuart resigned
secretary
1995-06-22
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FENTON, James Stuart appointed
secretary
1995-05-31
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WILSON, Alan Victor resigned
secretary
1995-03-07
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WILSON, Alan Victor appointed
secretary
1995-03-04
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SEAL, Raymond Colin resigned
secretary
1993-05-01
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FLEMING, Jean appointed
director
1993-04-30
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BARRETT, Liam resigned
director
1983-11-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1969-06-25
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Provincial Bank Limited
1933-07-15
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Company incorporated
As ALAN HADLEY LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Group structure

Claude Fenton (Holdings) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Claude Fenton (Holdings) Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALAN HADLEY LIMITED

This company · 00277871

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Claude Fenton (Holdings) Ltd Corporate entity	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1933-07-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC38210 — SIC 38210

Registered office

Unit 1 Kennet Weir Business Park

Arrowhead Road, Theale

Reading

Berkshire

RG7 4AE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-05

Last: 2026-02-19