ALPHAWELD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02677014 · ltd · incorporated 1992-01-13
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 30.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 3 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 30.6y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.6 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
7 officers (7 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
92 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees302900

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-25
    BROOME, Jace Nathan appointed
    director
  3. 2024-07-25
    GRANT, Tom Jacob appointed
    director
  4. 2024-07-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-07-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-06-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-21
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  12. 2021-01-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2021-01-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  14. 2020-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2005-02-25
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2001-12-10
    BROOME, Fiona appointed
    director
  20. 2001-12-10
    GRANT, Kay appointed
    director
  21. 1995-11-14
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  22. 1995-11-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 1992-01-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHAWELD LIMITED

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BROOME, Jace Nathan (same surname) appointed 2024-07-25. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 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

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

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Calver Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ALPHAWELD LIMITED
This company · 02677014

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
Calver Group Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control24/12/2020
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Nigel David Broomeceased 24/12/2020· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Gary Grantceased 24/12/2020· 25-50% shares

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

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7 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
Incorporated1992-01-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Calver Works
Calver
Hope Valley
Derbyshire
S32 3XH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (7 active · 0 resigned)

BROOME, Nigel
secretary
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Active
BROOME, Fiona
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-12-10
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Active
BROOME, Jace Nathan
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-07-25
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Active
BROOME, Nigel
director · ~63y
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Active
GRANT, Gary
director · ~60y
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Active
GRANT, Kay
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-12-10
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Active
GRANT, Tom Jacob
director · ~26y · appointed 2024-07-25
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property25/02/2005
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Legal mortgage1 property14/11/1995
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property03/11/1995
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Recent filings (92 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-22
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-01-21