ALCODIGITAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03915899 · ltd · incorporated 2000-01-28
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 19.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 19.6y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 19.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
87 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 9 | 700 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-10-01📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-10-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-04-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2025-04-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2025-04-01📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-01🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Skipton Business Finance Limited
- 2025-03-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-03📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-01➖ROBIN, Nicholas John resigneddirector
- 2024-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-01➕ROBIN, Nicholas John appointeddirector
- 2020-09-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2009-01-01➕DEITH, Suzannah Bonita appointeddirector
- 2006-11-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2004-03-04➖DEITH, Susan resignedsecretary
- 2004-02-10➕DEITH, Suzannah Bonita appointedsecretary
- 2000-02-08➕DEITH, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2000-02-08➕DEITH, Susan appointedsecretary
- 2000-02-08➖YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-02-08➖YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-01-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ALCODIGITAL LIMITED
- 2000-01-28➕YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-01-28➕YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 candidateStrong 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 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher Deith Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/10/2025 |
Mrs Suzannah Bonita Deith Individual · British · DOB 07/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-01-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Registered office
Danhill Estate Coolham Road
West Chiltington
Pulborough
RH20 2LH
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
DEITH, Suzannah Bonita→
Activesecretary · appointed 2004-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEITH, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2000-02-08
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DEITH, Suzannah Bonita→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2009-01-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DEITH, Susan→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-02-08 · resigned 2004-03-04
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-01-28 · resigned 2000-02-08
ROBIN, Nicholas John→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2021-01-01 · resigned 2025-03-01
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-01-28 · resigned 2000-02-08
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Skipton Business Finance Skipton Business Finance Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 01/04/2025 | — | |
| satisfied | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC / Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 09/11/2006 | 03/04/2025 |
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Recent filings (87 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-27
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-01
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-14