ALMARY GREEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04205433 · ltd · incorporated 2001-04-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.8y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (61/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
107 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.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-26📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2025-09-26📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2025-09-26📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2024-10-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-05📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2024-10-05📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2024-10-05📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2023-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-16📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2023-10-16📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2023-10-16📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2022-09-28📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2022-09-28📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2021-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduaryaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-30📄legacyaccounts · PARENT_ACC
- 2021-09-30📄legacyother · GUARANTEE2
- 2021-09-30📄legacyother · AGREEMENT2
- 2019-01-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-11-16➕HUGHFF, David William appointeddirector
- 2018-08-03➖DUGDALE, Christopher John resignedsecretary
- 2018-08-03➖DUGDALE, Christopher John resigneddirector
- 2018-08-03➖FISH, Alistair John resigneddirector
- 2018-08-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
- 2014-03-31➖HILL, William Peter Favor resigneddirector
- 2014-03-31➖MAWSON, Charles Iain Hayton resigneddirector
- 2011-04-20➕HILL, William Peter Favor appointeddirector
- 2011-04-05➕MAWSON, Charles Iain Hayton appointeddirector
- 2001-07-02➕LAMB, Carl appointeddirector
- 2001-04-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ALMARY GREEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
- 2001-04-25➕DUGDALE, Christopher John appointedsecretary
- 2001-04-25➕DUGDALE, Christopher John appointeddirector
- 2001-04-25➕FISH, Alistair John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
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 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Almary Green Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Almary Green Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALMARY GREEN INVESTMENTS LIMITED
This company · 04205433
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Almary Green Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 03/08/2018 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Carl Lambceased 03/08/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-04-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Registered office
295 Aylsham Road
Norwich
NR3 2RY
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-09
Last: 2026-04-25
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
HUGHFF, David William→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2018-11-16
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Active
DUGDALE, Christopher John→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2001-04-25 · resigned 2018-08-03
DUGDALE, Christopher John→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2001-04-25 · resigned 2018-08-03
FISH, Alistair John→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2001-04-25 · resigned 2018-08-03
HILL, William Peter Favor→
Resigneddirector · ~77y · appointed 2011-04-20 · resigned 2014-03-31
MAWSON, Charles Iain Hayton→
Resigneddirector · ~71y · appointed 2011-04-05 · resigned 2014-03-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ) | A registered charge | 1 property | 03/08/2018 | 23/01/2019 |
Recent filings (107 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2025-09-26
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2025-09-26
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2024-10-05
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2024-10-05
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2024-10-05
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2024-10-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-audit-exemption-subsiduary
accounts · AA
2023-10-16
legacy
accounts · PARENT_ACC
2023-10-16
legacy
other · AGREEMENT2
2023-10-16
legacy
other · GUARANTEE2
2023-10-16