ALROY MICROWAVE & ELECTRONICS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00858249 · ltd · incorporated 1965-09-03
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 6 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒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.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1300 | 1200 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-09-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-09-18📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2024-05-29📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-05-29📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2024-05-24📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-05-24📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2024-03-12➕CARROLL, James appointeddirector
- 2024-03-12➕GRIST, Mary-Anne appointeddirector
- 2024-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-10-09➖GRIST, Donald resigneddirector
- 2022-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2004-07-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2001-11-26➖HUCKER, Donald George resigneddirector
- 2001-03-12➖GRIST, Royston resigneddirector
- 1995-02-08➕GRIST, Daniel appointedsecretary
- 1995-02-08➖GRIST, Royston resignedsecretary
- 1994-01-28➕GRIST, Daniel appointeddirector
- 1965-09-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ALROY MICROWAVE & ELECTRONICS LIMITED
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Daniel Grist Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Donald Gristceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1965-09-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990
Registered office
Unit 1 Boulton Road
Pin Green Industrial Estate
Stevenage
Hertfordshire
SG1 4QX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29
Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)
Active
CARROLL, James→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2024-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRIST, Daniel→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 1994-01-28
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GRIST, Mary-Anne→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2024-03-12
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GRIST, Royston→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1995-02-08
GRIST, Donald→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · resigned 2022-10-09
GRIST, Royston→
Resigneddirector · ~92y · resigned 2001-03-12
HUCKER, Donald George→
Resigneddirector · ~106y · resigned 2001-11-26
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage deed | 1 property | 13/07/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (101 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-05-29
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-05-29
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-05-24
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-05-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-23