ALPHA SIX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03311199 · ltd · incorporated 1997-01-31
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees16001600

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-10-25
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  3. 2023-10-26
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  4. 2022-10-26
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  5. 2022-08-15
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    address · AD01
  6. 2021-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-07-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-01-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
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  10. 2020-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-29
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-01-08
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  13. 2018-10-10
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  14. 2018-01-26
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  15. 2017-10-26
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    accounts · AA01
  16. 1997-01-31
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA SIX LIMITED
  17. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    BOWDLER, Deborah appointed
    secretary
  18. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    BOWDLER, Deborah appointed
    director
  19. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    BOWDLER, Philip appointed
    director
  20. 1997-01-31
    ➕
    FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1997-01-31
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    FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-01-31
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    FNCS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1997-01-31
    ➖
    FNCS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 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 29 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Philip Bowdler
Individual · British · DOB 06/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-01-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

19 Park Road
Lytham St. Annes
FY8 1PW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-27
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-14
Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BOWDLER, Deborah→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-31
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Active
BOWDLER, Deborah→
director · ~62y · appointed 1997-01-31
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Active
BOWDLER, Philip→
director · ~74y · appointed 1997-01-31
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Active
FNCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1997-01-31
Resigned
FNCS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-01-31 · resigned 1997-01-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-16
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-01-27