2 ALMA COURT MANAGEMENT CO. LIMITED

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03198835 · ltd · incorporated 1996-05-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£5
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: dormant / non-trading with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. 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
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
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
86 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

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

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £5

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1£2£3£4£5May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£5£5
Net assets£5£5

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-06-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-06-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-06-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-11-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-06-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-06-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2017-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-06-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2008-07-17
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    COWEN, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  18. 2007-12-20
    ➖
    ROBINSON, Stuart Anthony resigned
    director
  19. 2003-07-01
    ➖
    CARR, Michael Martin David resigned
    director
  20. 2003-07-01
    ➕
    ROBINSON, Stuart Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    COWEN, William Duncan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    CARR, Michael Martin David appointed
    director
  23. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    HEPTON, Kenneth Albert resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    HEPTON, Denise Susan resigned
    director
  25. 2001-10-31
    ➖
    HEPTON, Kenneth Albert resigned
    director
  26. 1996-05-15
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    Company incorporated
    As 2 ALMA COURT MANAGEMENT CO. LIMITED
  27. 1996-05-15
    ➕
    HEPTON, Kenneth Albert appointed
    secretary
  28. 1996-05-15
    ➕
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1996-05-15
    ➖
    L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1996-05-15
    ➕
    HEPTON, Denise Susan appointed
    director
  31. 1996-05-15
    ➕
    HEPTON, Kenneth Albert appointed
    director
  32. 1996-05-15
    ➕
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  33. 1996-05-15
    ➖
    L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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 Colin Atkinson
Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/09/2016

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1996-05-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company

Registered office

C/O Walker Landray
1 Harcourt Place
Scarborough
North Yorkshire
YO11 2EP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

COWEN, William Duncan→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COWEN, Sarah Louise→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEPTON, Kenneth Albert→
secretary · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 1996-05-15
Resigned
CARR, Michael Martin David→
director · ~73y · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2003-07-01
Resigned
HEPTON, Denise Susan→
director · ~74y · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
HEPTON, Kenneth Albert→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 2001-10-31
Resigned
ROBINSON, Stuart Anthony→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2007-12-20
Resigned
L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-05-15 · resigned 1996-05-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (86 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-06-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-07