ALISTAIR BOYD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04415732 · ltd · incorporated 2002-04-12
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: Wholesale of textiles
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-06
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  4. 2024-07-02
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    gazette · GAZ1
  5. 2023-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-10-15
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-25
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-12-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-12-27
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-12-28
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-12-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-03-06
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    MANNINGTONS LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2005-03-30
    ➕
    NORRIS, Abigail appointed
    director
  18. 2005-03-30
    ➖
    NORRIS, Abigail resigned
    secretary
  19. 2005-03-30
    ➕
    MANNINGTONS LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2002-04-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ALISTAIR BOYD LIMITED
  21. 2002-04-12
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    BOYD, Alistair appointed
    director
  22. 2002-04-12
    ➕
    NORRIS, Abigail appointed
    secretary
  23. 2002-04-12
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-04-12
    ➖
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2002-04-12
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2002-04-12
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BOYD" — 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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Boyd
Individual · British · DOB 05/1964 · age 62
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-04-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46410 — Wholesale of textiles

Registered office

Pipe Studios Pipe Studios
Pipe Passage
Lewes
East Sussex
BN7 1YG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-26
Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BOYD, Alistair→
director · ~62y · appointed 2002-04-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORRIS, Abigail→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NORRIS, Abigail→
secretary · appointed 2002-04-12 · resigned 2005-03-30
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-04-12 · resigned 2002-04-12
Resigned
MANNINGTONS LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-03-30 · resigned 2009-03-06
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-04-12 · resigned 2002-04-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-27
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-03
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-18