ALDERLEY TROUT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01234718 · ltd · incorporated 1975-11-21

Investment thesis

Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.

Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.

Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 36.2y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Feb 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 36.2y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 36.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (5 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-02-28	2025-02-28
Average employees	4	4

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-03-25
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accounts · AA
2026-01-13
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officers · RP01AP01
2025-12-22
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-16
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mortgage · MR04
2023-02-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2022-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
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officers · TM01
2021-12-06
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READ, Nicholas Charles resigned
director
2021-11-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
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officers · AP01
2021-11-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-29
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2021-11-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-11-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-12-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-21
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BATTLE, Elizabeth Katherine appointed
director
2020-11-21
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READ, Justin Charles appointed
director
2020-11-21
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READ, Victoria Frances appointed
director
2019-08-18
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READ, Victoria Frances appointed
secretary
2019-08-18
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READ, Valerie Jean resigned
secretary
2019-08-18
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READ, Valerie Jean resigned
director
2005-03-31
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READ, Justin Charles resigned
director
2000-03-31
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JONES, Anthony Edward resigned
director
1996-11-28
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READ, Benedict James Xavier appointed
director
1996-11-28
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READ, Victoria Frances resigned
director
1993-10-21
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READ, Victoria Frances appointed
director
1993-10-11
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READ, Justin Charles appointed
director
1990-03-29
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1975-11-21
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Company incorporated
As ALDERLEY TROUT LIMITED

Owner dependency

66/100

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 51 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1975-11-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

Broadbridge Cottage

Alderley

Glos.

GL12 7QT

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-11-30

Last made up to: 2026-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-04

Last: 2025-11-20