ALBRIGHT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

📉Decliningactive

01278761 · ltd · incorporated 1976-09-24

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.

Opportunity decay

drifting distress · 6-months

Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.

· Lifecycle stage drifting downward
· Currently "declining"

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

£35.40M

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 26110

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Conservative operator with a 85-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 85). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

15 officers (7 active, 15 linked, 11 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

130 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

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,069,764

Revenue decline

Turnover down 13% YoY

Turnover YoY

-13%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Turnover	£35.40M	£40.75M
Gross profit	£4.62M	£6.18M
Operating profit	£-523.4k	£604.7k
Profit before tax	£1.07M	£2.09M
Average employees	15700	17700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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

• 1 accounts
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (39 events)Click to expand

2026-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-14
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-01
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MCNAB, Paul Daniel appointed
director
2025-10-29
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-01
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MCNAB, Paul appointed
secretary
2025-10-01
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2025-09-23
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-06-27
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HUNT, Richard resigned
secretary
2025-06-27
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HUNT, Richard resigned
director
2025-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-06-07
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WRIGHT, Wayne Anthony resigned
director
2024-05-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
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MOORE, Gareth appointed
director
2024-01-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-18
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-17
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CREW, Dean appointed
director
2023-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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HOLLAND, Kevin John resigned
director
2023-03-31
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-13
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-03
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WRIGHT, Wayne Anthony appointed
director
2022-06-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-05
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-05-04
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2020-05-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-04-22
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ADAWAY, Maria appointed
director
2017-04-01
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CATT, Anthony Douglas resigned
director
2010-10-01
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HUNT, Richard appointed
director
2007-12-01
➖
CATT, Anthony Douglas resigned
secretary
2007-12-01
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HUNT, Richard appointed
secretary
2005-07-29
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CATT, Roland Charles resigned
director
2005-06-28
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BEDGGOOD, Luke Edward Victor appointed
director
2005-06-28
➕
HOLLAND, Kevin John appointed
director
1995-01-12
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CATT, Anthony Douglas appointed
secretary
1995-01-12
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CATT, Roland Charles resigned
secretary
1976-09-24
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Company incorporated
As ALBRIGHT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

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

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 85 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 85 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: HUNT, Richard resigned 2025-06-27; HUNT, Richard resigned 2025-06-27

Group structure

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

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Lea Redway Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares

ultimate parent

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ALBRIGHT INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

This company · 01278761

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
Lea Redway Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1976-09-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC26110 — SIC 26110

Registered office

Unit E Evingar Trading Estate

Ardglen Road

Whitchurch

Hampshire

RG28 7BB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-15

Last: 2025-12-01