ALF ENGLAND (BEDWORTH) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00610875 · ltd · incorporated 1958-09-08
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
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45400
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees11001000

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-24
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    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-09-04
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-12
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-08-13
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    officers · AP01
  8. 2020-08-11
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    TREADWELL, Mark appointed
    director
  9. 2020-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-13
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  11. 2018-08-01
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  12. 2018-03-13
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2018-03-13
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    officers · TM02
  14. 2017-10-10
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    COLE, Eileen May resigned
    secretary
  15. 2017-10-10
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    COLE, Eileen May resigned
    director
  16. 2017-06-22
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-06-17
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  18. 2013-09-30
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    COLE, Roy resigned
    director
  19. 2002-06-30
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    COLE, David Ian resigned
    director
  20. 1999-02-01
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    COLE, Martin Robert appointed
    director
  21. 1999-02-01
    ➕
    COLE, David Ian appointed
    director
  22. 1958-09-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ALF ENGLAND (BEDWORTH) LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 68 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Robert Cole
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/02/2017

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
Incorporated1958-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45400 — SIC 45400

Registered office

Leicester Road
Bedworth
Nuneaton
Warwickshire
CV12 8AH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-17
Last: 2026-06-03

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

COLE, Martin Robert→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-02-01
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Active
TREADWELL, Mark→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-08-11
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Active
COLE, Eileen May→
secretary · resigned 2017-10-10
Resigned
COLE, David Ian→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-02-01 · resigned 2002-06-30
Resigned
COLE, Eileen May→
director · ~88y · resigned 2017-10-10
Resigned
COLE, Roy→
director · ~92y · resigned 2013-09-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-12