ALMA SHEET METAL LTD
💤Zombieactive
01904799 · ltd · incorporated 1985-04-12
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£573.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 26.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 26.9 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.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
124 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £573,826
Cash YoY
-4%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£356k
↓ 3.9% YoY
Net Worth
£574k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£711k
↑ 7.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £698.0k | £656.2k |
| Current assets | £710.7k | £660.2k |
| Cash | £356.2k | £370.7k |
| Debtors | £319.3k | £223.0k |
| Net assets | £573.8k | £489.7k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-11-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-11-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-06-26📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2024-06-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-06-05📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-05-21📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-05-21📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2024-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-27📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-20➖BOYLE, Nicholas Joseph resignedsecretary
- 2023-08-20➖BOYLE, Nicholas Joseph resigneddirector
- 2023-07-05📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-02-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-23📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-07📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-02-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2020-05-18➕FORD, James Edward appointeddirector
- 1999-08-01➖GOSLING, John resigneddirector
- 1999-07-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1999-03-18➕BOYLE, Angela Mary appointedsecretary
- 1999-03-18➕BOYLE, Nicholas Joseph appointedsecretary
- 1999-03-18➖TEBAY, Bernard resignedsecretary
- 1999-03-18➕BOYLE, Nicholas Joseph appointeddirector
- 1999-03-18➖TEBAY, Bernard resigneddirector
- 1985-04-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ALMA SHEET METAL LTD
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
55/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Moborn Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️majority
Jampot Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
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ALMA SHEET METAL LTD
This company · 01904799
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Jampot Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Moborn Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/06/2024 |
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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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1985-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28990 — SIC 28990
Registered office
Unit 4 Mottram Way
Hurdsfield Industrial Estate
Macclesfield
Cheshire
SK10 2DH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-04
Last: 2026-05-21
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
BOYLE, Angela Mary→
Activesecretary · appointed 1999-03-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FORD, James Edward→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2020-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOYLE, Nicholas Joseph→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-03-18 · resigned 2023-08-20
TEBAY, Bernard→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1999-03-18
BOYLE, Nicholas Joseph→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1999-03-18 · resigned 2023-08-20
GOSLING, John→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · resigned 1999-08-01
TEBAY, Bernard→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 1999-03-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 23/07/1999 | 10/06/2020 |
Recent filings (124 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-23
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-06-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-11-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-11-08
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-06-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-05-21
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-27