ALCAM SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03734754 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees4400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-17
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-02-08
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    officers · CH03
  5. 2023-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-11
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2022-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-06-29
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-20
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  11. 2020-04-20
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2020-04-14
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    RUTTER, Julie Elizabeth resigned
    director
  13. 2020-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-03-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2019-03-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2018-03-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2012-07-01
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    LAW, Stephen Robert appointed
    director
  19. 2012-07-01
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    RUTTER, Julie Elizabeth appointed
    director
  20. 2001-04-12
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    LAW, Raymond resigned
    director
  21. 1999-03-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCAM SERVICES LIMITED
  22. 1999-03-17
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    LAW, Stephen Robert appointed
    secretary
  23. 1999-03-17
    ➕
    LAW, Kevin Anthony appointed
    director
  24. 1999-03-17
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1999-03-17
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1999-03-17
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    LAW, Raymond appointed
    director
  27. 1999-03-17
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1999-03-17
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

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 64. 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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 Kevin Anthony Law
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Robert Law
Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Julie Elizabeth Rutterceased 14/04/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated1999-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990

Registered office

31 Wellington Road
Nantwich
Cheshire
CW5 7ED

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

LAW, Stephen Robert→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-17
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Active
LAW, Kevin Anthony→
director · ~64y · appointed 1999-03-17
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Active
LAW, Stephen Robert→
director · ~58y · appointed 2012-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-17 · resigned 1999-03-17
Resigned
LAW, Raymond→
director · ~90y · appointed 1999-03-17 · resigned 2001-04-12
Resigned
RUTTER, Julie Elizabeth→
director · ~54y · appointed 2012-07-01 · resigned 2020-04-14
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-17 · resigned 1999-03-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (74 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-02-08
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-02-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-12
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-01-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-30