ALCAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01993967 · ltd · incorporated 1986-02-28
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 38.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£642.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 24540
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 62). 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

3 live charges · oldest 38.4y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.4 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: high (80/100)

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

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 10 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
138 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £642,887

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£515k
Net Worth
£643k
Current Assets
£603k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£129k£257k£386k£514k£643kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£643.2k—
Current assets£603.3k—
Cash£515.3k—
Debtors£88.0k—
Net assets£642.9k—
Average employees—2500

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (41 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-21
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  2. 2025-09-18
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  6. 2025-09-18
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  7. 2025-07-16
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  8. 2025-07-10
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    JONES, Christopher appointed
    director
  9. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  10. 2024-09-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  11. 2024-09-18
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  12. 2024-09-18
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
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  13. 2024-09-18
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  14. 2024-09-18
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  15. 2024-02-21
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  16. 2023-03-22
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  17. 2022-09-16
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  18. 2022-09-16
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  19. 2022-04-25
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  20. 2022-04-19
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    SMURTHWAITE, Wendy Elizabeth resigned
    director
  21. 2022-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2022-03-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2019-07-08
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    JONES, Alexander appointed
    director
  24. 2017-10-31
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    PAYNE, Derick Anthony resigned
    director
  25. 2017-08-31
    ➖
    DEAKIN, Keith resigned
    director
  26. 2012-10-16
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    PAYNE, Derick Anthony appointed
    director
  27. 2012-09-15
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    PAYNE, Derick Anthony resigned
    director
  28. 2011-08-11
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    Charge satisfied #3
  29. 2011-08-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  30. 2007-12-31
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    BOWLER, Frank Garry resigned
    director
  31. 2007-04-25
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    SMURTHWAITE, Alan Frank resigned
    director
  32. 2003-09-08
    ➕
    BOWLER, Frank Garry appointed
    director
  33. 1996-11-01
    ➕
    DEAKIN, Keith appointed
    director
  34. 1996-09-30
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  35. 1992-11-01
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    JONES, Caroline Jane appointed
    director
  36. 1992-09-23
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    SMURTHWAITE, Alan Frank appointed
    director
  37. 1992-09-23
    ➕
    SMURTHWAITE, Wendy Elizabeth appointed
    director
  38. 1991-10-28
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    CORPATAUX, Beat Eugene resigned
    director
  39. 1990-10-16
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  40. 1987-12-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
  41. 1986-02-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 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.)

Group structure

Alcar Precision Products Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Alcar Precision Products Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ALCAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
This company · 01993967

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Caroline Jane Jones
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Alcar Precision Products Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1986-02-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC24540 — SIC 24540

Registered office

2 Gainas Avenue
Gainsborough
Lincolnshire
DN21 2RD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-28
Last: 2025-09-14

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

JONES, Caroline Jane→
secretary
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Alexander→
director · ~29y · appointed 2019-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Caroline Jane→
director · ~62y · appointed 1992-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JONES, Christopher→
director · ~62y · appointed 2025-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOWLER, Frank Garry→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-09-08 · resigned 2007-12-31
Resigned
CORPATAUX, Beat Eugene→
director · ~75y · resigned 1991-10-28
Resigned
DEAKIN, Keith→
director · ~84y · appointed 1996-11-01 · resigned 2017-08-31
Resigned
PAYNE, Derick Anthony→
director · ~84y · appointed 2012-10-16 · resigned 2017-10-31
Resigned
PAYNE, Derick Anthony→
director · ~83y · resigned 2012-09-15
Resigned
SMURTHWAITE, Alan Frank→
director · ~89y · appointed 1992-09-23 · resigned 2007-04-25
Resigned
SMURTHWAITE, Wendy Elizabeth→
director · ~86y · appointed 1992-09-23 · resigned 2022-04-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property30/09/199611/08/2011
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Mortgage1 property16/10/199011/08/2011
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank PLC
Debenture1 property14/12/1987—
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Recent filings (138 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-18
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-18
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officers · CH03
2024-09-18
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