A. L. TYRES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03980738 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
71 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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2023Jul 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-07-312023-07-31
Average employees700700

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-05-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  4. 2023-05-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2023-05-04
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-05-04
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2022-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-22
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    LOWTH, Adrian resigned
    secretary
  9. 2022-04-22
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    LOWTH, Adrian resigned
    director
  10. 2021-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-04-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-04-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2016-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    LOWTH, Mathew David appointed
    director
  20. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    LOWTH, Simon appointed
    director
  21. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    LOWTH, Adrian appointed
    secretary
  22. 2000-07-14
    ➖
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2000-07-14
    ➕
    LOWTH, Adrian appointed
    director
  24. 2000-07-14
    ➖
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2000-04-26
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    Company incorporated
    As A. L. TYRES LIMITED
  26. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2000-04-26
    ➕
    WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Simmat Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Simmat Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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A. L. TYRES LIMITED
This company · 03980738

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
Simmat Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting22/04/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Adrian Lowthceased 24/04/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-04-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

45-49 Greek Street
Stockport
Cheshire
SK3 8AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-04-30
Last made up to: 2024-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-04-28
Last: 2025-04-14

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

LOWTH, Mathew David→
director · ~53y · appointed 2000-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWTH, Simon→
director · ~58y · appointed 2000-07-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LOWTH, Adrian→
secretary · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2022-04-22
Resigned
SAME-DAY COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2000-07-14
Resigned
LOWTH, Adrian→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-07-14 · resigned 2022-04-22
Resigned
WILDMAN & BATTELL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-26 · resigned 2000-07-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-05-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-05-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-14