ALFA-EUROPEAN INVESTMENTS CORPORATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04336748 · ltd · incorporated 2001-12-10
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
19 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
72 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£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-03-05
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  7. 2022-03-01
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  8. 2021-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-06-25
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2017-06-25
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-06-15
    ➕
    IVES, Judy Anne appointed
    director
  15. 2017-06-15
    ➖
    VAN DEN BERG, Teresa Ann-Mari resigned
    director
  16. 2017-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-09-01
    ➕
    VAN DEN BERG, Teresa Ann-Mari appointed
    director
  18. 2001-12-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ALFA-EUROPEAN INVESTMENTS CORPORATION LIMITED
  19. 2001-12-10
    ➕
    WATSON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2001-12-10
    ➕
    WATSON DOMICILIARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  21. 2001-12-10
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2001-12-10
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-12-10
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2001-12-10
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 Christopher Michael Garbutt
Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
75–100%
—75-100% shares · firm interest01/11/2016

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
Incorporated2001-12-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

47 Knightsdale Road
Cristal Business Park
Ipswich
IP1 4JJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-23
Last: 2025-12-09

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WATSON REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
IVES, Judy Anne→
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-06-15
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Active
WATSON DOMICILIARY LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-12-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-12-10 · resigned 2001-12-10
Resigned
VAN DEN BERG, Teresa Ann-Mari→
director · ~79y · appointed 2010-09-01 · resigned 2017-06-15
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-12-10 · resigned 2001-12-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-08-20
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2022-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-04
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03