ALM LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01698399 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1983-02-10

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

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not disclosed

Net worth

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Sector: Other service activities

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (51/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

47 officers (16 active, 47 linked, 43 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

9 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

199 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (87 events)Click to expand

2026-01-08
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officers · TM02
2026-01-08
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officers · AP03
2026-01-02
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RAINER, Gemma Claire appointed
secretary
2026-01-02
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ARMITAGE, Andrew Charles resigned
secretary
2025-07-24
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officers · AP01
2025-07-23
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accounts · AA
2025-07-14
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COTTON, John appointed
director
2024-08-21
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accounts · AA
2023-07-25
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accounts · AA
2022-10-14
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officers · TM01
2022-10-05
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LOVELL, Alan Charles resigned
director
2022-09-30
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officers · CH01
2022-08-03
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accounts · AA
2022-06-23
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officers · AP01
2022-06-21
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officers · TM01
2022-06-16
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VAN DER KLUGT, Kees appointed
director
2022-06-16
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KELLY, Paul, Dr resigned
director
2022-04-05
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officers · AP01
2022-04-04
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officers · AP01
2022-03-21
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JOHANNES, Venetia Andrea Dorianne, Dr appointed
director
2022-03-21
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PATEL, Dhruv Prashant appointed
director
2021-09-10
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accounts · AA
2021-08-03
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incorporation · MA
2021-08-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-05-28
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address · AD01
2020-05-21
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officers · AP01
2020-05-04
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accounts · AA
2020-04-28
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JOHNS-POWELL, William David appointed
director
2020-01-30
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SWATMAN, Philip Hilary resigned
director
2018-12-06
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DAVIES OF STAMFORD, Chantal Carolyn, Lady appointed
director
2017-06-01
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MONKSFIELD, David resigned
director
2016-05-23
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BARRATT, Jeffery Vernon Courtney Lewis appointed
director
2015-06-23
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DAUM, Robert Charles appointed
director
2015-06-23
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SWATMAN, Philip Hilary appointed
director
2015-05-27
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CONGDON, Timothy George resigned
director
2015-05-27
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MORGAN, Peter William Lloyd resigned
director
2014-12-10
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ARMITAGE, Andrew Charles appointed
secretary
2014-12-10
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YOUNG, Anthony Keith Mcleod resigned
secretary
2013-12-02
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ANDERSON, David John Lane Freer appointed
director
2011-06-15
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HIPPS, Paul Anthony resigned
director
2009-11-30
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KININMONTH, James Wyatt appointed
director
2009-09-21
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STUDHOLME, Henry William, Sir appointed
director
2009-07-27
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MONKSFIELD, David appointed
director
2008-10-09
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DAVIES, Quentin John resigned
director
2008-06-30
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ANNANDALE, Andrew John resigned
director
2006-10-09
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MACKAY, James Jonathan Thorn, Hon resigned
director
2006-06-01
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LOVELL, Alan Charles appointed
director
2005-07-31
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ARBUTHNOT, William Reierson, Sir resigned
director
2005-06-07
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ANNANDALE, Andrew John appointed
director
2005-06-07
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NUTTING, Peter Robert resigned
director

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Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-15 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1983-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC94110 — Activities of business and employers membership organisations

Registered office

The Lloyd's Building

One Lime Street

London

EC3M 7HA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-11

Last: 2025-08-28