ALAM ENTERPRISES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03661354 · ltd · incorporated 1998-11-04
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 25.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.71M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Property-backed borrower with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 25.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
76 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,708,346

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 5.3% YoY
Current Assets
£68k
↓ 82% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£342k£683k£1.0m£1.4m£1.7mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.71M£1.62M
Current assets£68.1k£375.4k
Net assets£1.71M£1.62M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-22
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  3. 2023-07-21
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  4. 2022-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-09-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2019-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-09
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2018-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-12-04
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  14. 2015-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2001-02-02
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Amid Alam & Gretchen Roswitha Alam
  16. 1998-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAM ENTERPRISES LIMITED
  17. 1998-11-04
    ➕
    ALAM, Gretchen Roswitha appointed
    secretary
  18. 1998-11-04
    ➕
    ALAM, Gretchen Roswitha appointed
    director
  19. 1998-11-04
    ➕
    ALAM, Seyed Amid appointed
    director
  20. 1998-11-04
    ➕
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1998-11-04
    ➖
    ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1998-11-04
    ➕
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1998-11-04
    ➖
    ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALAM" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — 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 67. 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Gretchen Roswitha Alam
Individual · British · DOB 08/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2016

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
Incorporated1998-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68209 — Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate

Registered office

Market Square Chambers
Bromyard
Herefordshire
HR7 4BP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ALAM, Gretchen Roswitha→
secretary · appointed 1998-11-04
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Active
ALAM, Gretchen Roswitha→
director · ~67y · appointed 1998-11-04
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Active
ALAM, Seyed Amid→
director · ~65y · appointed 1998-11-04
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Active
ENERGIZE SECRETARY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-11-04 · resigned 1998-11-04
Resigned
ENERGIZE DIRECTOR LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-11-04 · resigned 1998-11-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Amid Alam & Gretchen Roswitha Alam
Legal charge1 property02/02/2001—
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Recent filings (76 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-07