ALEXANDER MACKIE ASSOCIATES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03298699 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-02
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47760
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
98 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£17k£34k£51k£67k£84kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets—£84.2k
Current assets—£82.1k
Cash—£81.4k
Debtors—£717
Net assets—£84.2k
Average employees1—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2023-12-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-07-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2022-06-25
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    EARNSHAW, Donald resigned
    director
  8. 2021-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2019-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2017-12-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2014-09-21
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    EARNSHAW, Margaret resigned
    secretary
  17. 2014-09-21
    ➖
    EARNSHAW, Margaret resigned
    director
  18. 2005-10-12
    ➕
    EARNSHAW, Darren Lindsay appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-12
    ➕
    EARNSHAW, Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 1997-01-02
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDER MACKIE ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  21. 1997-01-02
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    EARNSHAW, Margaret appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-01-02
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-01-02
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-01-02
    ➕
    EARNSHAW, Donald appointed
    director
  25. 1997-01-02
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1997-01-02
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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 Darren Lindsay Earnshaw
Individual · British · DOB 07/1972 · age 54
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1997-01-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47760 — SIC 47760

Registered office

19 North Street
Ashford
Kent
TN24 8LF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-02
Last: 2025-07-19

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

EARNSHAW, Darren Lindsay→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-10-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
EARNSHAW, Margaret→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-02 · resigned 2014-09-21
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-02 · resigned 1997-01-02
Resigned
EARNSHAW, Donald→
director · ~83y · appointed 1997-01-02 · resigned 2022-06-25
Resigned
EARNSHAW, Margaret→
director · ~80y · appointed 2005-10-12 · resigned 2014-09-21
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1997-01-02 · resigned 1997-01-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (98 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24