ALMATH CRUCIBLES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03167902 · ltd · incorporated 1996-03-05
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 1.0y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
88 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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £316.9k |
| Current assets | — | £434.0k |
| Cash | — | £90.3k |
| Debtors | — | £319.2k |
| Net assets | — | £316.9k |
| Average employees | 1500 | — |
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
- • 2 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-30📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-07-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-30📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-07-25🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-07-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2025-07-17➕MISSON, Alan John appointeddirector
- 2025-07-17📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-07-10➖MISSON, Alan John resigneddirector
- 2025-07-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-07-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-07-10📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-06-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2004-02-18➕MISSON, Michael Alexander appointeddirector
- 1996-03-05🏢Company incorporatedAs ALMATH CRUCIBLES LIMITED
- 1996-03-05➕MISSON, Thalia appointedsecretary
- 1996-03-05➕MISSON, Thalia appointeddirector
- 1996-03-05➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-03-05➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1996-03-05➕MISSON, Alan John appointeddirector
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 30 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Alexander Misson Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 30/04/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Miss Anna Missonceased 30/07/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mrs Thalia Missonceased 30/07/2025· 25-50% shares
- Mr Alan John Missonceased 10/07/2025· 25-50% shares
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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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
Incorporated1996-03-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 2a Epsom Building
The Running Horse
Burrough Green, Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 9NE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-19
Last: 2026-06-05
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
MISSON, Alan John→
Activedirector · ~90y · appointed 2025-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MISSON, Michael Alexander→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2004-02-18
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MISSON, Thalia→
Activedirector · ~86y · appointed 1996-03-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-03-05 · resigned 1996-03-05
MISSON, Alan John→
Resigneddirector · ~90y · appointed 1996-03-05 · resigned 2025-07-10
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 2 properties | 25/07/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/07/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (88 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-07-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-30
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-25
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-07-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-07-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-07-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-07-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16