AALMAR SURVEYS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01330551 · ltd · incorporated 1977-09-19

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

approaching window · 12-months

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

· Oldest live charge 43.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 50200

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). 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 43.0y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 43.0 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, 1 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

13 officers (5 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

116 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

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Average employees	11	1000

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-04-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-12-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-19
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COLEMAN, Michael Peter appointed
director
2025-08-19
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-18
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FULKER, Keith William resigned
director
2025-06-18
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-29
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MARTIN, Rebecca appointed
director
2024-10-29
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officers · AP01
2024-05-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-21
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address · AD01
2022-03-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-08-20
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-05-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2013-02-28
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HEWSON, Jonathan Frank resigned
director
2003-07-15
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FULKER, Keith William appointed
director
2003-07-01
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BRYER, Carole Mary appointed
secretary
2003-07-01
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BRYER, Carole Mary appointed
director
2003-07-01
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COLEMAN, Alan John appointed
director
2003-07-01
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HEWSON, Jonathan Frank appointed
director
2003-06-30
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BRYER, Carole Mary resigned
secretary
2003-06-30
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BRYER, Carole Mary resigned
director
2003-06-30
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HOWELL, Alan Anderson resigned
director
2000-07-25
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SMITH, Nigel Richard resigned
director
2000-01-12
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HOWELL, Sheena Margaret Donald resigned
director
1999-01-01
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SMITH, Nigel Richard appointed
director
1998-06-08
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BRYER, Carole Mary appointed
secretary
1998-06-08
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HOWELL, Alan Anderson resigned
secretary
1998-06-08
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BRYER, Carole Mary appointed
director
1983-06-16
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Marine Midland Bank N.A
1977-09-19
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Company incorporated
As AALMAR SURVEYS 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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan John Coleman Individual · British · DOB 12/1966 · age 60	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	20/08/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Carole Mary Bryerceased 09/12/2025· significant influence · firm interest

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

Incorporated1977-09-19

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC50200 — SIC 50200

Registered office

Number 1 Exchange Building

132 Commercial Street

London

E1 6NG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-14

Last: 2025-12-31