ALPHIN PANS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02863035 · ltd · incorporated 1993-10-15

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 24.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£3.50M

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 with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 24.7y

70/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 24.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

9 officers (6 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

89 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,504,938

Cash YoY

-5%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£613k

↓ 5.0% YoY

Net Worth

£3.5m

↑ 5.1% YoY

Current Assets

£2.5m

↑ 3.7% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£5.39M	£5.62M
Current assets	£2.53M	£2.44M
Cash	£612.6k	£644.7k
Debtors	£808.4k	£755.4k
Net assets	£3.50M	£3.33M

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-10-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-15
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SYKES, David Howard appointed
director
2024-03-15
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officers · AP01
2023-09-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-07-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-07-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-11-06
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-04-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-10-21
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2014-04-01
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SYKES, Victoria Claire appointed
director
2011-12-01
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Charge registered #3
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2011-10-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Park View Holdings Limited
2009-08-15
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Charge satisfied #1
2009-02-28
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SYKES, John Bernard resigned
director
2007-07-25
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TAGGART, Margaret appointed
director
2003-07-10
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SYKES, Lynn appointed
director
2001-10-03
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
1994-01-14
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SYKES, John Bernard appointed
director
1993-10-18
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SYKES, John Bernard appointed
secretary
1993-10-18
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SYKES, John Matthew appointed
director
1993-10-18
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HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-10-18
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HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1993-10-15
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Company incorporated
As ALPHIN PANS LIMITED
1993-10-15
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HALLMARK SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1993-10-15
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HALLMARK REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Lynn Sykes Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr John Bernard Sykesceased 29/09/2025· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1993-10-15

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

8 Manchester Road

Greenfield

Oldham

OL3 7HQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-29

Last: 2025-10-15