ALIVE CHURCH SYSTEMS LTD.

🌳Matureactive

03077179 · ltd · incorporated 1995-07-07

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

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-11.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

92 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £11,528

High leverage

Liabilities are 100% of total assets

Leverage

100%

Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£12k

↓ 4386% YoY

Current Assets

£29k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£30.9k	£48.9k
Current assets	£28.9k	£46.2k
Net assets	£-11.5k	£-257

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

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-03-27
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2025-04-04
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2025-03-31
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accounts · AA01
2024-03-31
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-06-28
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officers · AP01
2021-06-22
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accounts · AA
2021-06-20
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SHAW, Sharon Dawn appointed
director
2020-05-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-03-31
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accounts · AA
2017-11-07
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officers · TM02
2017-11-06
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FONE, Christopher Ronald resigned
secretary
2017-10-25
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SHAW, Christopher Robin appointed
director
2017-10-25
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FONE, Christopher Ronald resigned
director
2017-10-25
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FONE, Susan Aileen resigned
director
2017-10-25
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address · AD01
2017-10-25
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2017-10-25
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2017-10-25
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2017-10-25
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officers · TM01
2016-12-30
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MERRELL, Timothy Michael resigned
director
2015-01-02
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MERRELL, Timothy Michael appointed
director
1995-07-07
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Company incorporated
As ALIVE CHURCH SYSTEMS LTD.
1995-07-07
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FONE, Christopher Ronald appointed
secretary
1995-07-07
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-07
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CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-07-07
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FONE, Christopher Ronald appointed
director
1995-07-07
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FONE, Susan Aileen appointed
director
1995-07-07
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CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-07-07
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CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

81/100

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.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Christopher Robin Shaw Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	25/10/2017
Mrs Sharon Dawn Shaw Individual · British · DOB 03/1962 · age 64	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	25/10/2017

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Christopher Ronald Foneceased 25/10/2017· 75-100% shares
Mr Timothy Michael Merrellceased 30/12/2016· 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

Incorporated1995-07-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

3 Glenville Road

Yeovil

Somerset

BA21 5AF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-29

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-24

Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

SHAW, Christopher Robin→

director · ~65y · appointed 2017-10-25

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

SHAW, Sharon Dawn→

director · ~64y · appointed 2021-06-20

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

FONE, Christopher Ronald→

secretary · appointed 1995-07-07 · resigned 2017-11-06

Resigned

CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-07-07 · resigned 1995-07-07

Resigned

FONE, Christopher Ronald→

director · ~78y · appointed 1995-07-07 · resigned 2017-10-25

Resigned

FONE, Susan Aileen→

director · ~76y · appointed 1995-07-07 · resigned 2017-10-25

Resigned

MERRELL, Timothy Michael→

director · ~63y · appointed 2015-01-02 · resigned 2016-12-30

Resigned

CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-07-07 · resigned 1995-07-07

Resigned

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Recent filings (92 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-03-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-03-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-04-04

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2025-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-02-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-02-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-02-14

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-03-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-02-17

appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date

officers · AP01

2021-06-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-06-22

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-04-22

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2020-05-13