ALPHA ALPACAS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04271531 · ltd · incorporated 2001-08-16
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
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01440
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-29
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  2. 2024-09-20
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  3. 2023-08-14
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  4. 2022-09-28
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  5. 2021-09-27
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  6. 2020-07-02
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  7. 2020-03-19
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  8. 2020-03-18
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  9. 2020-03-01
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    GROVES, Lucy Claire appointed
    director
  10. 2020-03-01
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    GROVES, Luke appointed
    director
  11. 2019-09-09
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  12. 2018-09-26
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  13. 2017-09-27
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  14. 2016-08-01
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  15. 2015-09-17
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  16. 2015-09-02
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  17. 2014-09-08
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  18. 2012-08-16
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    MCMAHON, Helen Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2012-08-16
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    MASKENS MCINTYRE, Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2001-09-01
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    DAVIES, Diana Frances, Colonel appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-09-01
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    DAVIES, Diana Frances, Colonel appointed
    director
  22. 2001-09-01
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    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-09-01
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    MASKENS MCINTYRE, Ann appointed
    director
  24. 2001-09-01
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    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-08-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA ALPACAS LIMITED
  26. 2001-08-16
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    CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2001-08-16
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    CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Colonel Diana Frances Davies
Individual · British · DOB 09/1952 · 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
Incorporated2001-08-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01440 — SIC 01440

Registered office

2 Victoria Grove
Bridport
Dorset
DT6 3AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-30
Last: 2025-08-16

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

DAVIES, Diana Frances, Colonel→
secretary · appointed 2001-09-01
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Active
DAVIES, Diana Frances, Colonel→
director · ~74y · appointed 2001-09-01
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Active
GROVES, Lucy Claire→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-03-01
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Active
GROVES, Luke→
director · ~39y · appointed 2020-03-01
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Active
MCMAHON, Helen Elizabeth→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-08-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CDF SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2001-09-01
Resigned
MASKENS MCINTYRE, Ann→
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-09-01 · resigned 2012-08-16
Resigned
CDF FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-08-16 · resigned 2001-09-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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2025-09-29
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2025-09-08
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accounts · AA
2024-09-20
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2024-09-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-02
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officers · AP01
2020-03-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-09