ALEXANDRA COMMUNICATION LTD.

🌳Matureactive
03580359 · ltd · incorporated 1998-06-08
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£10.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
55 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 £9,974
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,306 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£10k
↓ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£89k
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£36k£53k£71k£89kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£81.7k£76.5k
Current assets£89.0k£84.0k
Net assets£10.0k£12.3k

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-18
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  2. 2024-08-20
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  3. 2023-08-31
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  4. 2022-08-31
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  5. 2021-08-31
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  6. 2020-09-01
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  7. 2019-08-31
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  8. 2018-08-31
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  16. 2013-08-27
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  17. 1998-06-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDRA COMMUNICATION LTD.
  18. 1998-06-08
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    WRIGHT, Tamra Aviva, Dr appointed
    secretary
  19. 1998-06-08
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    GAMSE, Ian Elkan appointed
    director
  20. 1998-06-08
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    WRIGHT, Tamra Aviva, Dr appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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 Ian Elkan Gamse
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/06/2016
Dr Tamra Aviva Wright
Individual · Canadian · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting08/06/2016

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
Incorporated1998-06-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

17 Alexandra Road
London
NW4 2SB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-22
Last: 2025-06-08

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WRIGHT, Tamra Aviva, Dr→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-08
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GAMSE, Ian Elkan→
director · ~66y · appointed 1998-06-08
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WRIGHT, Tamra Aviva, Dr→
director · ~64y · appointed 1998-06-08
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Recent filings (55 total)

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