ALAN TITCHMARSH LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02177820 · ltd · incorporated 1987-10-13
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 officers
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-05-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-24📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-24📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 1998-05-01➕TITCHMARSH, Alison Margaret appointeddirector
- 1987-10-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ALAN TITCHMARSH LIMITED
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TITCHMARSH" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Alan Fred Titchmarsh Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
264 Banbury Road
Summertown
Oxford
OX2 7DY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last: 2026-04-16
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
Active
Active
TITCHMARSH, Alison Margaret→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 1998-05-01
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Recent filings (100 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-02-06
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-05-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-05-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-24