ALWYL INVESTMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00439118 · ltd · incorporated 1947-07-18

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£311.3k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 79.4y

35/100

too messy

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

· Oldest live charge is 79.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

10 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

106 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

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 · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £311,264

Net assets shrinking

Down £3,453 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£311k

↓ 1.1% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£311.3k	£314.7k
Current assets	—	£1.88M
Debtors	£1.88M	£1.88M
Net assets	£311.3k	£314.7k

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-02-18
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2025-02-13
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2025-02-13
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2025-02-13
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2025-02-13
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2025-02-10
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MORGAN JONES, Christopher David appointed
director
2025-02-10
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MORGAN JONES, William appointed
director
2024-12-18
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2024-11-29
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2023-12-18
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2022-12-22
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2022-12-20
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2021-12-21
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2021-04-01
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2019-12-18
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1998-11-02
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MARSHALL, Norman resigned
director
1992-12-29
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HAWKINS, Anne Mary resigned
director
1991-03-15
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MORGAN JONES, David appointed
director
1991-02-13
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HINGLEY, William Henry resigned
director
1990-10-12
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1947-12-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: H. B Evans
1947-07-18
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Company incorporated
As ALWYL INVESTMENTS LIMITED
1947-03-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Provincial Building Society

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

40/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — MORGAN JONES, William (same surname) appointed 2025-02-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher David Morgan Jones Individual · English · DOB 01/1971 · age 55	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	10/02/2025
Mr William Morgan Jones Individual · English · DOB 09/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	10/02/2025

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Carolyn Ann Morgan Jonesceased 31/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1947-07-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

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

Registered office

Ross House

The Square

Stow On The Wold

Gloucestershire

GL54 1AF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-04

Last: 2026-02-18