ALM MANUFACTURING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03210539 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-11
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 29.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 29.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 29.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (57/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-05-27
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-05-06
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    ADCOCK, Paul Richard resigned
    director
  5. 2024-09-20
    ➕
    ADCOCK, Richard appointed
    director
  6. 2024-09-20
    ➕
    CHRISTIAN, Robert Neil appointed
    director
  7. 2024-09-20
    ➕
    CHRISTIAN, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  8. 2024-09-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-09-20
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  10. 2024-09-20
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  11. 2024-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2023-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-07-10
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-30
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  20. 2016-07-15
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  21. 2016-07-07
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Theresa Ann Adcock
  22. 1997-02-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
  23. 1996-06-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALM MANUFACTURING LIMITED
  24. 1996-06-11
    ➕
    ADCOCK, Theresa Ann appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-06-11
    ➕
    ADCOCK, Theresa Ann appointed
    director
  26. 1996-06-11
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1996-06-11
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1996-06-11
    ➕
    ADCOCK, Paul Richard appointed
    director
  29. 1996-06-11
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 1996-06-11
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 candidate

Strong 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.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Alm Group Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alm Group Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALM MANUFACTURING LIMITED
This company · 03210539

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alm Group Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1996-06-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Grimbald Crag Close
St James Business Park
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire
HG5 8PJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-25
Last: 2025-06-11

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

ADCOCK, Theresa Ann→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-11
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Active
ADCOCK, Richard→
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-09-20
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Active
ADCOCK, Theresa Ann→
director · ~78y · appointed 1996-06-11
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Active
CHRISTIAN, Robert Neil→
director · ~51y · appointed 2024-09-20
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Active
CHRISTIAN, Susan Jane→
director · ~52y · appointed 2024-09-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-11 · resigned 1996-06-11
Resigned
ADCOCK, Paul Richard→
director · ~81y · appointed 1996-06-11 · resigned 2025-05-06
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-11 · resigned 1996-06-11
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Theresa Ann Adcock
A registered charge—07/07/2016—
outstanding
Virgin Money
Yorkshire Bank PLC
Debenture1 property26/02/1997—
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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-11
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08