ALNWICK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03340454 · ltd · incorporated 1997-03-26
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-189.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.4y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
75 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £189,521

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£190k
↑ 10% YoY
Current Assets
£58k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£211k-£155k-£98k-£41k£16k£73kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-61.9k£-71.9k
Current assets£58.0k£72.7k
Cash—£2.3k
Debtors—£70.4k
Net assets£-189.5k£-211.4k

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

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2 signals 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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-27
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  2. 2025-12-16
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  3. 2025-12-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  4. 2024-12-19
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  5. 2023-12-14
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  6. 2023-03-30
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  7. 2021-07-07
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  8. 2020-10-21
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  9. 2019-10-25
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  10. 2018-11-05
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  11. 2017-11-23
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  12. 2016-11-04
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  13. 2016-04-15
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  14. 2015-10-30
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  15. 2015-03-31
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  16. 2014-12-01
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  17. 2014-03-05
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
  18. 1999-01-31
    ➕
    OXBY, Deborah appointed
    director
  19. 1999-01-31
    ➖
    GIDDINGS, Roger resigned
    director
  20. 1997-03-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ALNWICK LIMITED
  21. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    OXBY, Deborah appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    OXBY, Joseph Francis Patrick appointed
    director
  23. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-03-26
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    GIDDINGS, Roger appointed
    director
  26. 1997-03-26
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1997-03-26
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Joseph Francis Patrick Oxby
Individual · British · DOB 12/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Oxby
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25110 — Manufacture of metal structures and parts of structures

Registered office

245 Forest Glade
Langdon Hills
Basildon
Essex
SS16 6SX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-09
Last: 2026-03-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

OXBY, Deborah→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-26
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Active
OXBY, Deborah→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-01-31
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Active
OXBY, Joseph Francis Patrick→
director · ~64y · appointed 1997-03-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-03-26 · resigned 1997-03-26
Resigned
GIDDINGS, Roger→
director · ~76y · appointed 1997-03-26 · resigned 1999-01-31
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-03-26 · resigned 1997-03-26
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
A registered charge1 property05/03/201416/12/2025

Recent filings (75 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-10-25