ALAN BUTCHER COMPONENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

03433635 · ltd · incorporated 1997-09-12

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 Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46520

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 81). 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

85 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	10	800

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2025-10-15
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accounts · AA
2024-10-09
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2023-11-01
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accounts · AA
2022-10-21
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2021-11-03
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accounts · AA
2020-11-18
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accounts · AA
2019-09-18
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accounts · AA
2018-11-02
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accounts · AA
2018-09-07
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-09-06
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2017-11-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-06-17
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address · AD03
2015-12-14
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2005-10-01
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BUTCHER, Paul Jonathan appointed
director
2002-10-01
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SHARPE, Julie Victoria appointed
director
1997-09-12
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Company incorporated
As ALAN BUTCHER COMPONENTS LIMITED
1997-09-12
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BUTCHER, Wendy Anne appointed
secretary
1997-09-12
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BUTCHER, Alan John Arthur appointed
director
1997-09-12
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BUTCHER, Wendy Anne appointed
director
1997-09-12
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-09-12
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WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1997-09-12
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1997-09-12
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WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BUTCHER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 81 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Paul Jonathan Butcher Individual · British · DOB 06/1976 · age 50	50–75%	50–75%	50-75% shares · 50-75% voting	06/04/2016
Julie Victoria Sharpe Individual · British · DOB 12/1973 · age 53	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/11/2017

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

Incorporated1997-09-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46520 — SIC 46520

Registered office

Unit 1 Beechwood

Clump Farm Industrial Estate Tin Pot Lane

Blandford

Dorset

DT11 7TD

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-13

Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

BUTCHER, Wendy Anne→

secretary · appointed 1997-09-12

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Active

BUTCHER, Alan John Arthur→

director · ~81y · appointed 1997-09-12

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Active

BUTCHER, Paul Jonathan→

director · ~50y · appointed 2005-10-01

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Active

BUTCHER, Wendy Anne→

director · ~77y · appointed 1997-09-12

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Active

SHARPE, Julie Victoria→

director · ~53y · appointed 2002-10-01

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Active

WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-09-12 · resigned 1997-09-12

Resigned

WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-09-12 · resigned 1997-09-12

Resigned

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