ALLIANCE CLEANING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03596969 · ltd · incorporated 1998-07-13
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
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other cleaning services
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.0y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 28.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (2 active, 12 linked, 5 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
104 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Sept 2024Sept 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-09-302024-09-30
Average employees60365200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-10
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  7. 2023-08-10
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  8. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-06-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-05-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-10-10
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  18. 2017-10-03
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  19. 2012-09-28
    ➕
    DAY, Annette appointed
    secretary
  20. 2012-09-28
    ➖
    CAIN, Ian John resigned
    secretary
  21. 2012-09-28
    ➖
    CAIN, Ian John resigned
    director
  22. 2008-10-01
    ➖
    ANDREWS, Leonard resigned
    secretary
  23. 2008-10-01
    ➕
    CAIN, Ian John appointed
    secretary
  24. 2008-10-01
    ➖
    ANDREWS, Leonard resigned
    director
  25. 2008-10-01
    ➖
    BISHOP, Catherine Mary resigned
    director
  26. 2008-10-01
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  27. 2005-11-30
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Leonard appointed
    secretary
  28. 2005-11-30
    ➖
    LOVETT, Andrew Barrington resigned
    secretary
  29. 2002-09-04
    ➕
    BISHOP, Catherine Mary appointed
    director
  30. 2002-06-12
    ➖
    BISHOP, Thomas George resigned
    director
  31. 2002-01-15
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  32. 2001-09-13
    ➖
    BISHOP, Thomas George resigned
    secretary
  33. 2001-09-13
    ➕
    LOVETT, Andrew Barrington appointed
    secretary
  34. 1998-11-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  35. 1998-08-03
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Bibby Factors Limited
  36. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    BISHOP, Daniel appointed
    director
  37. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    BISHOP, Thomas George appointed
    secretary
  38. 1998-07-14
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  39. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    ANDREWS, Leonard appointed
    director
  40. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    BISHOP, Thomas George appointed
    director
  41. 1998-07-14
    ➕
    CAIN, Ian John appointed
    director
  42. 1998-07-14
    ➖
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  43. 1998-07-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIANCE CLEANING LIMITED
  44. 1998-07-13
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  45. 1998-07-13
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

85/100
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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Alliance Cleaning (Holdings) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alliance Cleaning (Holdings) Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALLIANCE CLEANING LIMITED
This company · 03596969

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Alliance Cleaning (Holdings) Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81299 — Other cleaning services

Registered office

1 Labby Green Close
Cole Green
Hertford
Hertfordshire
SG14 2FY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08

Officers (2 active · 10 resigned)

DAY, Annette→
secretary · appointed 2012-09-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BISHOP, Daniel→
director · ~52y · appointed 1998-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDREWS, Leonard→
secretary · appointed 2005-11-30 · resigned 2008-10-01
Resigned
BISHOP, Thomas George→
secretary · appointed 1998-07-14 · resigned 2001-09-13
Resigned
CAIN, Ian John→
secretary · appointed 2008-10-01 · resigned 2012-09-28
Resigned
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-07-13 · resigned 1998-07-14
Resigned
LOVETT, Andrew Barrington→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-13 · resigned 2005-11-30
Resigned
ANDREWS, Leonard→
director · ~76y · appointed 1998-07-14 · resigned 2008-10-01
Resigned
BISHOP, Catherine Mary→
director · ~79y · appointed 2002-09-04 · resigned 2008-10-01
Resigned
BISHOP, Thomas George→
director · ~79y · appointed 1998-07-14 · resigned 2002-06-12
Resigned
CAIN, Ian John→
director · ~57y · appointed 1998-07-14 · resigned 2012-09-28
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-07-13 · resigned 1998-07-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—03/10/2017—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Guarantee & debenture1 property01/10/2008—
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property11/11/1998—
satisfied
Bibby Financial Services
Bibby Factors Limited
Fixed and floating charge1 property03/08/199815/01/2002
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Recent filings (104 total)

change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-31
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-08-10
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-18