ALBETTA CREATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03738609 · ltd · incorporated 1999-03-23
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 Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of clothing and footwear
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 4 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
83 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees0100

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-13
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  3. 2023-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  4. 2023-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  5. 2022-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2019-09-10
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-03-12
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2018-05-11
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-07
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-22
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-28
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2013-02-01
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    LANDRA, Marco Adriano Guy appointed
    secretary
  17. 2013-01-31
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    GRINT, Anna resigned
    secretary
  18. 2013-01-31
    ➖
    GRINT, Anna resigned
    director
  19. 2001-06-10
    ➕
    GRINT, Anna appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-06-10
    ➖
    KERSHAW, Robin resigned
    secretary
  21. 2001-06-10
    ➕
    GRINT, Anna appointed
    director
  22. 2001-06-10
    ➖
    KERSHAW, Robin resigned
    director
  23. 1999-03-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBETTA CREATION LIMITED
  24. 1999-03-23
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    LANDRA, Annabel Helen appointed
    director
  25. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    LANDRA, Marco Adriano appointed
    director
  26. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    KERSHAW, Robin appointed
    secretary
  27. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1999-03-23
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    KERSHAW, Robin appointed
    director
  30. 1999-03-23
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 1999-03-23
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — 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 65. 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
Mrs Annabel Helen Landra
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Mr Marco Adriano Guy Landra
Individual · Irish · DOB 07/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1999-03-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46420 — Wholesale of clothing and footwear

Registered office

Hampton House
Cassington
Witney
OX29 4DW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-24
Last: 2026-03-10

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

LANDRA, Marco Adriano Guy→
secretary · appointed 2013-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANDRA, Annabel Helen→
director · ~60y · appointed 1999-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LANDRA, Marco Adriano→
director · ~65y · appointed 1999-03-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRINT, Anna→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-10 · resigned 2013-01-31
Resigned
KERSHAW, Robin→
secretary · appointed 1999-03-23 · resigned 2001-06-10
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-03-23 · resigned 1999-03-23
Resigned
GRINT, Anna→
director · ~61y · appointed 2001-06-10 · resigned 2013-01-31
Resigned
KERSHAW, Robin→
director · ~85y · appointed 1999-03-23 · resigned 2001-06-10
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-03-23 · resigned 1999-03-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-10