ALLOYPLANT LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
02920611 · ltd · incorporated 1994-04-19
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 32.0y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 32.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-28📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2025-04-28📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2025-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-01-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-08📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-02-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-18📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2019-05-31➖THOMSON, Colin Hugh resignedsecretary
- 2019-02-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 1999-01-22➖JONES, Jonathon Colin resignedsecretary
- 1999-01-22➕THOMSON, Colin Hugh appointedsecretary
- 1998-10-20➕DARWELL, Stephen appointeddirector
- 1998-10-20➖NAYLOR, Beverley Margaret resigneddirector
- 1994-06-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1994-06-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1994-04-26➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 1994-04-26➕JONES, Jonathon Colin appointedsecretary
- 1994-04-26➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
- 1994-04-26➕NAYLOR, Beverley Margaret appointeddirector
- 1994-04-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLOYPLANT LIMITED
- 1994-04-19➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 1994-04-19➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 32 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mr Stephen Darwell Individual · British · DOB 07/1954 · age 72 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 19/04/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1994-04-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
J W S Hopper Hill Road
Scarborough Business Park
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 3YS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-03
Last: 2026-04-19
Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)
DARWELL, Stephen→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 1998-10-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1994-04-19 · resigned 1994-04-26
JONES, Jonathon Colin→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1994-04-26 · resigned 1999-01-22
THOMSON, Colin Hugh→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 1999-01-22 · resigned 2019-05-31
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1994-04-19 · resigned 1994-04-26
NAYLOR, Beverley Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 1994-04-26 · resigned 1998-10-20
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 01/06/1994 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 01/06/1994 | — |
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Recent filings (81 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-24
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2025-04-28
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-19
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-22