ALPHA MANUFACTURING HIXON LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02963616 · ltd · incorporated 1994-08-31

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 18.7y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2024

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 with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.7y

60/100

clean up first

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

· Oldest live charge is 18.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
· Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

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

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

17 officers (8 active, 17 linked, 13 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

118 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

🔒Estimated company valuation

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

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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

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

Profitable

Profit before tax £1,555,210

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2024-12-31	2023-12-31
Profit before tax	£1.56M	—
Total assets	—	£9.39M
Current assets	—	£8.49M
Cash	—	£1.79M
Debtors	—	£4.85M
Net assets	—	£8.74M
Average employees	198	—

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.

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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 (50 events)Click to expand

2025-09-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-26
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-06-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-04-08
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-02
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-01
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BARNACLE, Karen appointed
director
2025-03-27
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ELEY, Robin James resigned
director
2024-09-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-03
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-01-03
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-09-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-11
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confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2023-03-16
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-14
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-14
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-23
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-01-23
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-01-23
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-01-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-01-01
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WHITFIELD, Michael appointed
director
2022-12-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-14
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SMITH, Susannah Grace Elizabeth resigned
director
2022-01-01
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LAFFORD, Neal appointed
director
2021-05-24
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2020-01-01
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ELEY, Robin James appointed
director
2016-01-01
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HOLYHEAD, Jonathan Michael appointed
secretary
2016-01-01
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HOLYHEAD, Jonathan Michael appointed
director
2016-01-01
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SMITH, Susannah Grace Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2013-12-20
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CLEWS, Paul Andrew appointed
director
2007-10-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
2007-01-17
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SMITH, Eric resigned
director
2005-08-05
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HANDFORD, Jonathan resigned
director
2005-08-01
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SMITH, Martin John appointed
director
2002-07-12
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HANDFORD, Jonathan appointed
director
2000-11-01
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HUMPHREY, Andrew Paul appointed
director
1998-05-05
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BACON, Michael John resigned
director
1997-03-03
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BACON, Michael John appointed
director
1996-11-29
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ST CLAIR, Paul Graham resigned
director
1996-01-02
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ST CLAIR, Paul Graham appointed
director
1994-08-31
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Company incorporated
As ALPHA MANUFACTURING HIXON LIMITED
1994-08-31
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-08-31
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CRS LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1994-08-31
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SMITH, Eric appointed
director
1994-08-31
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SMITH, Susannah Grace Elizabeth appointed
director
1994-08-31
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MC FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1994-08-31
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MC FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
1944-08-31
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SMITH, Susannah Grace Elizabeth appointed
secretary

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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

The Hex Group Of Companies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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The Hex Group Of Companies Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ALPHA MANUFACTURING HIXON LIMITED

This company · 02963616

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
The Hex Group Of Companies Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	02/01/2024

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Martin John Smithceased 02/01/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
Mrs Susannah Grace Elizabeth Smithceased 14/06/2022· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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

Incorporated1994-08-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Church Lane Church Lane

Hixon

Stafford

Staffordshire

ST18 0PS

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-09-30

Last made up to: 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-07-20

Last: 2025-07-06