ALDERGOLD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04269101 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-13
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other accommodation
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
61 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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  3. 2023-12-22
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  4. 2022-12-23
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  5. 2021-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-05-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2018-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-18
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-02-27
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    accounts · AA01
  12. 2017-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-21
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-02-25
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2010-04-15
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    MIDDLETON, Eileen Ann appointed
    director
  17. 2010-04-15
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    MIDDLETON, Peter John appointed
    director
  18. 2010-02-15
    ➖
    SEARCH DIRECT SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2009-10-25
    ➖
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley resigned
    nominee-secretary
  20. 2009-10-25
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    SEARCH DIRECT SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2001-09-03
    ➕
    MIDDLETON, Peter Douglas appointed
    director
  22. 2001-09-03
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    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2001-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ALDERGOLD LIMITED
  24. 2001-08-13
    ➕
    HARRISON, Irene Lesley appointed
    nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-08-13
    ➕
    BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Douglas Middleton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79
——sig. influencesignificant influence01/05/2016

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
Incorporated2001-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC55900 — Other accommodation

Registered office

103-104 Walter Road
Swansea
SA1 5QF
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

MIDDLETON, Eileen Ann→
director · ~77y · appointed 2010-04-15
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Active
MIDDLETON, Peter John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-04-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MIDDLETON, Peter Douglas→
director · ~79y · appointed 2001-09-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRISON, Irene Lesley→
nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-13 · resigned 2009-10-25
Resigned
SEARCH DIRECT SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-10-25 · resigned 2010-02-15
Resigned
BUSINESS INFORMATION RESEARCH & REPORTING LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-13 · resigned 2001-09-03
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-11-12
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-22
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-05-28