ALPHA MARK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03094413 · ltd · incorporated 1995-08-23
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Steady and tidy — no seller pressure yet. Approach only if an angle opens.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 22.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days
No material changes in the last 30 days.
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 22.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
92 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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2 | 2 |
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-09-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-07-04📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2017-06-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-29📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-06-28📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2006-09-20🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2004-01-06🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2003-01-01➕ATKINSON, William Stephen appointeddirector
- 2003-01-01➖BONIWELL, Stephen Rufus Martin resigneddirector
- 2001-09-25➖ALEXANDER, Roger Walter resigneddirector
- 2001-09-25➖GRAVELL, David resigneddirector
- 1995-09-01➕COHEN, Jerome, Dr appointedsecretary
- 1995-09-01➕COHEN, Jerome, Dr appointeddirector
- 1995-09-01➕ALEXANDER, Roger Walter appointeddirector
- 1995-09-01➕BONIWELL, Stephen Rufus Martin appointeddirector
- 1995-09-01➕GRAVELL, David appointeddirector
- 1995-08-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ALPHA MARK COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
- 1995-08-23➕BHARDWAJ, Ashok appointednominee-secretary
- 1995-08-23➖BHARDWAJ, Ashok resignednominee-secretary
- 1995-08-23➕BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1995-08-23➖BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
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 78 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 31 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
cleanNo 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 William Stephen Atkinson Individual · British · DOB 09/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/06/2017 |
Dr Jerome Cohen Individual · British · DOB 09/1948 · age 78 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 28/06/2017 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1995-08-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46510 — Wholesale of computers, computer peripheral equipment and software
Registered office
63 Sea Mills Lane
Bristol
BS9 1DR
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-06
Last: 2025-08-23
Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)
Active
ATKINSON, William Stephen→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2003-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COHEN, Jerome, Dr→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 1995-09-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BHARDWAJ, Ashok→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 1995-08-23 · resigned 1995-08-23
ALEXANDER, Roger Walter→
Resigneddirector · ~88y · appointed 1995-09-01 · resigned 2001-09-25
BONIWELL, Stephen Rufus Martin→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 1995-09-01 · resigned 2003-01-01
GRAVELL, David→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 1995-09-01 · resigned 2001-09-25
BHARDWAJ CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-08-23 · resigned 1995-08-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Charge of deposit | 1 property | 06/01/2004 | 20/09/2006 |
Recent filings (92 total)
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-16