ALFRED G PEARCE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

00980985 · ltd · incorporated 1970-06-02

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.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

74/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 10390

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 57/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 7 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

25 live charges · 7 lenders · oldest 49.4y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 49.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 7 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 53/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

25 charges (25/25 with lender, 25/25 with type)

Directors & officers

19 officers (8 active, 19 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

15 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

190 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.

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Opportunity Score

74/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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

Loss-making

Loss before tax £70,140

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-28
Profit before tax	£-70.1k
Average employees	83

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

5 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

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 5 officers
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (91 events)Click to expand

2026-07-01
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officers · TM01
2026-06-30
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PEARCE, Simon James Robert resigned
director
2026-06-29
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officers · RP01AP01
2026-06-08
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officers · AP01
2026-06-08
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officers · AP01
2026-06-08
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officers · AP01
2026-04-01
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BECKETT, Philip Jonathan appointed
director
2026-04-01
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THOMAS, Dominic appointed
director
2026-04-01
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WINKWORTH, Jennifer appointed
director
2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-09-17
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-19
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accounts · AA01
2025-01-07
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mortgage · MR01
2025-01-07
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mortgage · MR01
2025-01-07
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mortgage · MR01
2025-01-07
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mortgage · MR01
2025-01-07
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mortgage · MR01
2025-01-06
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Charge registered #25
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-01-06
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Charge registered #24
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-01-06
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Charge registered #23
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-01-06
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Charge registered #22
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2025-01-06
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Charge registered #21
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2024-11-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-11-06
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officers · TM01
2024-11-06
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officers · TM01
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2024-11-06
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officers · TM01
2024-11-06
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officers · AP01
2024-11-06
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officers · AP01
2024-11-06
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officers · AP01
2024-11-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-10-29
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HARROD, Mark Anthony appointed
director
2024-10-29
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WALLER, James Graham appointed
director
2024-10-29
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WILSON, Hayley appointed
director
2024-10-29
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PEARCE, Anna Victoria resigned
director
2024-10-29
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PEARCE, Lucy Elizabeth resigned
director
2024-10-29
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PEARCE, Lyn Louise resigned
director
2024-10-29
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PEARCE, Vanessa Mary resigned
director
2024-10-29
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RICHARDSON, Sophie Rachel resigned
director
2024-07-25
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Charge registered #20
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2024-07-20
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Charge satisfied #17
2024-07-20
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Charge satisfied #16
2024-07-20
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Charge satisfied #15
2024-07-20
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Charge satisfied #14
2024-07-20
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Charge satisfied #13
2024-07-20
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Charge satisfied #12
2024-06-26
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Charge registered #19
Lender: Hsbc Invoice Finance (UK) Limited
2024-06-19
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Charge registered #18
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2021-03-11
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PEARCE, Anna Victoria appointed
director

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Owner dependency

71/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "PEARCE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

50/100

Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.

Red flags

1 med · 1 low

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

8 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Group structure

Fenmarc Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Fenmarc Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALFRED G PEARCE LIMITED

This company · 00980985

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
Fenmarc Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	29/10/2024

3 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Adrian John Nurse (Trustee)ceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Nigel Peter Ingleton (Trustee)ceased 29/10/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mills & Reeve Trust Corporation Limitedceased 29/10/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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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9 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

Incorporated1970-06-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC10390 — SIC 10390

Registered office

Garage Lane Industrial Estate

Setchey

King's Lynn

Norfolk

PE33 0BE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last: 2026-04-16