ALDER ROOFING SUPPLIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02208022 · ltd · incorporated 1987-12-23
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Jan 2025
Net worth
£2.98M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.8y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
98 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
75
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,980,520
Net assets shrinking
Down £65,265 YoY
Cash YoY
+9%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.6m
↑ 9.5% YoY
Net Worth
£3.0m
↓ 2.1% YoY
Current Assets
£3.3m
↓ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£708k£1.4m£2.1m£2.8m£3.5mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£2.99M£3.05M
Current assets£3.34M£3.54M
Cash£1.62M£1.48M
Debtors£594.6k£838.2k
Net assets£2.98M£3.05M

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-13
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  2. 2024-08-15
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  3. 2023-10-30
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  4. 2022-12-13
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  5. 2021-10-28
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  6. 2021-09-20
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  7. 2021-09-20
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  9. 2021-09-20
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  10. 2021-06-11
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  11. 2021-05-17
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  12. 2020-10-25
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  13. 2019-10-23
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  14. 2019-08-12
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  15. 2019-08-12
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  16. 2018-11-21
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  17. 2018-11-01
    FISHER, Chloe Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2018-10-30
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  19. 2010-10-30
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 1999-07-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  21. 1987-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ALDER ROOFING SUPPLIES LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Alder Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alder Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ALDER ROOFING SUPPLIES LIMITED
This company · 02208022

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alder Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1987-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

Ground Floor, Egerton House
68 Baker Street
Weybridge
Surrey
KT13 8AL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

ALDRIDGE, Gillian Carol
secretary
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Active
ALDRIDGE, Benjamin Charles
director · ~75y
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Active
ALDRIDGE, Gillian Carol
director · ~72y
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Active
FISHER, Chloe Elizabeth
director · ~41y · appointed 2018-11-01
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property26/07/199930/10/2010

Recent filings (98 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-20
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2021-09-20
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2021-06-11