ALICE HOMES LTD

🌳Matureactive
02580445 · ltd · incorporated 1991-02-06
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
13 connected companies via shared directors
84
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-12
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    BRAY, Samantha appointed
    director
  7. 2021-11-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2021-04-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  9. 2020-09-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2015-11-06
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    OVERTON, Richard Mark appointed
    director
  17. 2015-11-06
    ➖
    HERKES, Dwane Andrew resigned
    director
  18. 2015-11-06
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    OVERTON, Richard Mark resigned
    director
  19. 2015-11-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 1994-02-05
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    OVERTON, Timothy David resigned
    director
  21. 1992-02-04
    ➕
    HERKES, Dwane Andrew appointed
    director
  22. 1991-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ALICE HOMES LTD
  23. 1991-02-05
    ➕
    OVERTON, Richard Mark appointed
    secretary
  24. 1991-02-05
    ➕
    OVERTON, Richard Mark appointed
    director
  25. 1991-02-05
    ➕
    OVERTON, Timothy David appointed
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

81/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

clean
No 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Mark Overton
Individual · English · DOB 01/1955 · age 71
75–100%
—75-100% shares12/12/2016

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
Incorporated1991-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Wellingore Hall
Hall Street
Wellingore
Lincoln
LN5 0HX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-20
Last: 2025-11-06

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

OVERTON, Richard Mark→
secretary · appointed 1991-02-05
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Active
BRAY, Samantha→
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-11-12
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Active
OVERTON, Richard Mark→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-11-06
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Active
HERKES, Dwane Andrew→
director · ~79y · appointed 1992-02-04 · resigned 2015-11-06
Resigned
OVERTON, Richard Mark→
director · ~71y · appointed 1991-02-05 · resigned 2015-11-06
Resigned
OVERTON, Timothy David→
director · ~77y · appointed 1991-02-05 · resigned 1994-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-03-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-01-27