ALPHA GARAGES (CARDIFF) LIMITED
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 30.0y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 30.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £4.2k | £4.2k |
| Debtors | £4.2k | £8.1k |
| Net assets | £4.2k | £4.2k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-12-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-12-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-03-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2011-10-28➕DAVIES, Karen Elizabeth Ellen appointedsecretary
- 2011-10-27➖GUNNEY, Paul Malcolm resignedsecretary
- 2011-10-27➖GUNNEY, Paul Malcolm resigneddirector
- 2002-12-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1996-06-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1977-12-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ALPHA GARAGES (CARDIFF) LIMITED
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 48 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
Alpha & Yapps Eot Limited holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alpha & Yapps Eot Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 20/12/2024 |
Mr Jeffrey Douglas Davies Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Karen Elizabeth Ellen Daviesceased 20/12/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 14/06/1996 | 19/12/2002 |