ALPHA WHITE LINING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02654967 · ltd · incorporated 1991-10-17
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 Oct 2025
Net worth
£153.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 8 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £153,749
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,302 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£154k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£67k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£31k£62k£93k£124k£155kOct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Total assets£176.4k£179.9k
Current assets£67.2k£80.8k
Net assets£153.7k£155.1k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-24
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  2. 2025-10-29
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  3. 2025-10-29
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  4. 2025-02-20
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  5. 2023-11-23
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  6. 2023-01-22
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  7. 2022-07-27
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  8. 2021-07-26
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  9. 2020-09-23
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  10. 2019-07-31
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  11. 2018-07-30
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  12. 2017-10-26
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  13. 2017-07-20
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  14. 2016-07-29
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  15. 2015-10-19
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  16. 1996-10-30
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    PITCHFORTH, Lynn Mary appointed
    secretary
  17. 1996-10-30
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    PITCHFORTH, Lynn Mary appointed
    director
  18. 1996-10-30
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    PITCHFORTH, Steven appointed
    director
  19. 1996-10-30
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    WOMACK, Roy resigned
    secretary
  20. 1996-10-30
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    WOMACK, Michael resigned
    director
  21. 1996-10-30
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    WOMACK, Roy resigned
    director
  22. 1993-03-08
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    HIRD, Susan Margaret resigned
    director
  23. 1993-03-08
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    PITCHFORTH, Gail resigned
    director
  24. 1993-03-01
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    PITCHFORTH, Steven resigned
    secretary
  25. 1993-03-01
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    WOMACK, Roy appointed
    secretary
  26. 1993-03-01
    ➖
    HIRD, Philip resigned
    director
  27. 1993-03-01
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    PITCHFORTH, Steven resigned
    director
  28. 1993-03-01
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    WOMACK, Michael appointed
    director
  29. 1993-03-01
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    WOMACK, Roy appointed
    director
  30. 1993-02-11
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    HIRD, Susan Margaret appointed
    director
  31. 1993-02-11
    ➕
    PITCHFORTH, Gail appointed
    director
  32. 1991-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA WHITE LINING LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lynn Mary Pitchforth
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/10/2025
Mr Steven Pitchforth
Individual · British · DOB 09/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting17/10/2016

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
Incorporated1991-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 13 Ashley Industrial Estate Unit 13 Ashley Industrial Estate
Wakefield Road
Ossett
West Yorkshire
WF5 9JD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

PITCHFORTH, Lynn Mary→
secretary · appointed 1996-10-30
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Active
PITCHFORTH, Lynn Mary→
director · ~70y · appointed 1996-10-30
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Active
PITCHFORTH, Steven→
director · ~70y · appointed 1996-10-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PITCHFORTH, Steven→
secretary · resigned 1993-03-01
Resigned
WOMACK, Roy→
secretary · appointed 1993-03-01 · resigned 1996-10-30
Resigned
HIRD, Philip→
director · ~84y · resigned 1993-03-01
Resigned
HIRD, Susan Margaret→
director · ~67y · appointed 1993-02-11 · resigned 1993-03-08
Resigned
PITCHFORTH, Gail→
director · ~68y · appointed 1993-02-11 · resigned 1993-03-08
Resigned
PITCHFORTH, Steven→
director · ~70y · resigned 1993-03-01
Resigned
WOMACK, Michael→
director · ~54y · appointed 1993-03-01 · resigned 1996-10-30
Resigned
WOMACK, Roy→
director · ~60y · appointed 1993-03-01 · resigned 1996-10-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (101 total)

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2025-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-22
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2022-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-05
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accounts · AA
2021-07-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-27
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accounts · AA
2020-09-23