ALBERTI LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02882348 · ltd · incorporated 1993-12-20
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 32.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2023
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Leverage-led grower with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 32.3y

60/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 32.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (74/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
88 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Profitable
Profit before tax £124,387

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2023-10-31
Profit before tax£124.4k
Average employees6000

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-07-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-11
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2022-08-11
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    Charge satisfied #2
  7. 2022-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2019-11-25
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2019-11-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-11-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-06-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-05-22
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2018-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-03-15
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  18. 2017-06-29
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    KEEDWELL, Raymond Thomas resigned
    director
  19. 2010-10-12
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  20. 1998-03-09
    ➕
    IVINSON, Michael appointed
    director
  21. 1995-04-11
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 1994-05-26
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Bartolome Alberti
  23. 1994-03-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  24. 1994-01-04
    ➕
    KEEDWELL, Stuart Raymond appointed
    secretary
  25. 1994-01-04
    ➕
    KEEDWELL, Stuart Raymond appointed
    director
  26. 1994-01-04
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1994-01-04
    ➕
    KEEDWELL, Raymond Thomas appointed
    director
  28. 1994-01-04
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1993-12-20
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALBERTI LIMITED
  30. 1993-12-20
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1993-12-20
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 33 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.)

Group structure

R T Keedwell Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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R T Keedwell Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALBERTI LIMITED
This company · 02882348

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
R T Keedwell Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
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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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
Incorporated1993-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-29
Last: 2026-04-15

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

KEEDWELL, Stuart Raymond→
secretary · appointed 1994-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IVINSON, Michael→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-03-09
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Active
KEEDWELL, Stuart Raymond→
director · ~62y · appointed 1994-01-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1993-12-20 · resigned 1994-01-04
Resigned
KEEDWELL, Raymond Thomas→
director · ~84y · appointed 1994-01-04 · resigned 2017-06-29
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1993-12-20 · resigned 1994-01-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property12/10/2010—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee and debenture1 property11/04/1995—
satisfied
Bartolome Alberti / Matthew Alberti / Sheila Alberti
Fixed charge1 property26/05/199411/08/2022
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee and debenture1 property23/03/1994—
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Recent filings (88 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-21
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-15