ALAN A. GRIFFIN ASSOCIATES UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03039186 · ltd · incorporated 1995-03-29
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
94 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-10-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2024-10-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-10-25
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  9. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2021-12-24
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  11. 2020-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  12. 2020-04-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-10-03
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    UNDERWOOD, Ruth Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  17. 2015-10-03
    ➖
    UNDERWOOD, Ruth Elizabeth resigned
    director
  18. 2004-01-01
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    UNDERWOOD, Kenneth appointed
    director
  19. 1998-03-31
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    GRIFFIN, Arthur Alan resigned
    director
  20. 1998-01-22
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    UNDERWOOD, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 1997-05-01
    ➕
    UNDERWOOD, Ruth Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-04-30
    ➖
    GRIFFIN, Muriel Sheila resigned
    secretary
  23. 1997-04-30
    ➖
    GRIFFIN, Muriel Sheila resigned
    director
  24. 1996-07-10
    ➕
    UNDERWOOD, David Kenneth appointed
    director
  25. 1996-03-31
    ➖
    SEMKEN LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1995-03-31
    ➕
    GRIFFIN, Muriel Sheila appointed
    secretary
  27. 1995-03-31
    ➕
    GRIFFIN, Arthur Alan appointed
    director
  28. 1995-03-31
    ➕
    GRIFFIN, Muriel Sheila appointed
    director
  29. 1995-03-31
    ➖
    LUFMER LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1995-03-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN A. GRIFFIN ASSOCIATES UK LIMITED
  31. 1995-03-29
    ➕
    SEMKEN LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 1995-03-29
    ➕
    LUFMER LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

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 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Kenneth Underwood
Individual · British · DOB 01/1952 · age 74
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-03-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

5a The Gardens
Fareham
Hampshire
PO16 8SS
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-12
Last: 2026-03-29

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

UNDERWOOD, David Kenneth→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-07-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
UNDERWOOD, Kenneth→
director · ~43y · appointed 2004-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFIN, Muriel Sheila→
secretary · appointed 1995-03-31 · resigned 1997-04-30
Resigned
UNDERWOOD, Ruth Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1997-05-01 · resigned 2015-10-03
Resigned
SEMKEN LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 1996-03-31
Resigned
GRIFFIN, Arthur Alan→
director · ~98y · appointed 1995-03-31 · resigned 1998-03-31
Resigned
GRIFFIN, Muriel Sheila→
director · ~97y · appointed 1995-03-31 · resigned 1997-04-30
Resigned
UNDERWOOD, Ruth Elizabeth→
director · ~73y · appointed 1998-01-22 · resigned 2015-10-03
Resigned
LUFMER LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-03-29 · resigned 1995-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-10-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-25
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-24