ALTONLORD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01920738 · ltd · incorporated 1985-06-10

Investment thesis

Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.

Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.

Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.

Opportunity decay

hardening · 12-months

Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.

· Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Apr 2025

Net worth

£1.49M

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 39000

Sector: Water supply & waste

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

77320Renting and leasing of construction and civil engineering machinery and equipment

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 34.3y

15/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 34.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

5 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

103 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,490,267

Cash draining

Cash down 53% YoY

Cash YoY

-53%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£101k

↓ 53% YoY

Net Worth

£1.5m

↑ 47% YoY

Current Assets

£1.7m

↑ 57% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Total assets	£2.86M	£2.19M
Current assets	£1.73M	£1.11M
Cash	£100.7k	£214.4k
Debtors	£1.60M	£867.7k
Net assets	£1.49M	£1.01M

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

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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

filings

Last 180 days

filings

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

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-01-11
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2025-12-04
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2025-12-04
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-12-03
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-02
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accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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accounts · AA
2023-01-06
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accounts · AA
2022-09-13
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mortgage · MR01
2022-09-09
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Charge registered #5
Lender: National Westminster Bank Public Limited Company
2022-07-07
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officers · AP01
2022-07-01
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BURNHAM, Louise appointed
director
2022-03-22
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accounts · AA
2021-02-15
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accounts · AA
2019-09-16
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accounts · AA
2018-08-01
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accounts · AA
2018-03-26
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mortgage · MR01
2018-03-16
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Charge registered #4
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2018-02-24
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mortgage · MR04
2018-02-24
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Charge satisfied #1
2018-02-07
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mortgage · MR04
2018-02-07
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-06-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2016-04-06
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EDWARDS, Evan appointed
director
2004-04-30
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
1992-01-31
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
1985-06-10
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Company incorporated
As ALTONLORD LIMITED

Owner dependency

63/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100

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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

Red flags

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Evan Edwards Individual · British · DOB 12/1978 · age 48	25–50%	25–50%	board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control	01/05/2025
Mrs Louise Burnham Individual · British · DOB 07/1980 · age 46	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/05/2025

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Michael Edwardsceased 01/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mrs Ann Henderson Edwardsceased 01/05/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1985-06-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

1 Graythorp Industrial Estate

Hartlepool

Cleveland

TS25 2DF

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-11-27

Last: 2025-11-13