ALFA AGGREGATES PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04198407 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-11
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
£729.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 23320
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 17.3y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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 (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
79 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £729,671
Net assets shrinking
Down £110,857 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 47% YoY
Cash YoY
-47%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£208k
↓ 47% YoY
Net Worth
£730k
↓ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 5.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£244k£489k£733k£977k£1.2mJun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Total assets£933.5k£859.5k
Current assets£1.16M£1.22M
Cash£207.7k£395.6k
Debtors£645.7k£511.2k
Net assets£729.7k£840.5k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  3. 2024-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-05
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  6. 2022-10-05
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    officers · TM02
  7. 2022-09-29
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    SHINTON, John resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-09-29
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    SHINTON, John resigned
    director
  9. 2022-03-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-22
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    capital · SH02
  11. 2021-07-22
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    capital · SH02
  12. 2021-07-22
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  13. 2021-07-20
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  14. 2021-07-20
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2021-07-20
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    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2021-07-02
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    officers · AP01
  17. 2021-06-30
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    BAILEY, Stuart Ian appointed
    director
  18. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2020-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2010-08-03
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2009-03-12
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Ray Bailey as the Trustee of Bates & Hunt (Petroleum) Limited Special Pension Scheme
  23. 2008-12-31
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    RANKIN, Donald John resigned
    director
  24. 2001-05-01
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    RANKIN, Donald John appointed
    director
  25. 2001-04-25
    ➕
    BAILEY, Ray appointed
    director
  26. 2001-04-25
    ➖
    DWYER, Daniel John resigned
    nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-04-25
    ➕
    SHINTON, John appointed
    secretary
  28. 2001-04-25
    ➖
    DWYER, Daniel James resigned
    nominee-director
  29. 2001-04-25
    ➕
    SHINTON, John appointed
    director
  30. 2001-04-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALFA AGGREGATES PRODUCTS LIMITED
  31. 2001-04-11
    ➕
    DWYER, Daniel John appointed
    nominee-secretary
  32. 2001-04-11
    ➕
    DWYER, Daniel James appointed
    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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — BAILEY, Stuart Ian (same surname) appointed 2021-06-30. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ray Bailey
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-04-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC23320 — SIC 23320

Registered office

Kingsley Brickworks
Kingsley Moor
Kingsley
Staffordshire
ST10 2DQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-13
Last: 2025-08-30

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BAILEY, Ray→
director · ~84y · appointed 2001-04-25
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Active
BAILEY, Stuart Ian→
director · ~54y · appointed 2021-06-30
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Active
DWYER, Daniel John→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-04-25
Resigned
SHINTON, John→
secretary · appointed 2001-04-25 · resigned 2022-09-29
Resigned
DWYER, Daniel James→
nominee-director · ~51y · appointed 2001-04-11 · resigned 2001-04-25
Resigned
RANKIN, Donald John→
director · ~83y · appointed 2001-05-01 · resigned 2008-12-31
Resigned
SHINTON, John→
director · ~89y · appointed 2001-04-25 · resigned 2022-09-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property03/08/2010—
outstanding
Ray Bailey as the Trustee of Bates & Hunt (Petroleum) Special Pension Scheme
Ray Bailey as the Trustee of Bates & Hunt (Petroleum) Limited Special Pension Scheme
Legal charge1 property12/03/2009—
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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-05
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-23
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2021-07-22
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2021-07-22
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2021-07-22