ALPHA PLASTICS INDUSTRIES LTD

💤Zombieactive
03436790 · ltd · incorporated 1997-09-19
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£32.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 15120
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 22290SIC 22290
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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 (73/100).

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, 2 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 (2 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
76 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £32,682

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£33k
↑ 65% YoY
Current Assets
£42k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£8k£17k£25k£34k£42kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£32.7k£19.8k
Current assets£42.0k£33.3k
Net assets£32.7k£19.8k

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-03-27
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-01-31
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-09-20
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-04-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2022-02-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-02-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2002-10-01
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    SANGER, Eva appointed
    secretary
  18. 2002-10-01
    ➕
    SANGER, Yehuda Aryeh appointed
    director
  19. 2002-10-01
    ➖
    SANGER, Shoshana resigned
    secretary
  20. 2002-10-01
    ➖
    SANGER, Eva resigned
    director
  21. 1997-09-22
    ➖
    OLSBERG, Bernard resigned
    nominee-secretary
  22. 1997-09-22
    ➕
    SANGER, Shoshana appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-09-22
    ➖
    OLSBERG, Rachel Hannah resigned
    nominee-director
  24. 1997-09-22
    ➕
    SANGER, Eva appointed
    director
  25. 1997-09-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA PLASTICS INDUSTRIES LTD
  26. 1997-09-19
    ➕
    OLSBERG, Bernard appointed
    nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-09-19
    ➕
    OLSBERG, Rachel Hannah appointed
    nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Eva Sanger
Individual · British · DOB 04/1956 · age 70
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr Yehuda Aryeh Sanger
Individual · British · DOB 12/1953 · age 73
——board controlsig. influenceboard control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-09-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC15120 — SIC 15120

Registered office

Brulimar House
Jubilee Road
Middleton
M24 2LX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-29
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-03
Last: 2025-09-19

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

SANGER, Eva→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SANGER, Yehuda Aryeh→
director · ~73y · appointed 2002-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OLSBERG, Bernard→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-09-19 · resigned 1997-09-22
Resigned
SANGER, Shoshana→
secretary · appointed 1997-09-22 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned
OLSBERG, Rachel Hannah→
nominee-director · ~78y · appointed 1997-09-19 · resigned 1997-09-22
Resigned
SANGER, Eva→
director · ~70y · appointed 1997-09-22 · resigned 2002-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (76 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-02-09