ALVERTON BACON SUPPLIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04493784 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 18.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£396.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of meat and meat products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 18.1y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 18.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £396,538
Cash YoY
+113%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£45k
↑ 113% YoY
Net Worth
£397k
↑ 3.5% YoY
Current Assets
£236k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-09-30 | 2023-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £416.1k | £408.6k |
| Current assets | £236.3k | £196.7k |
| Cash | £45.4k | £21.3k |
| Debtors | £124.8k | £133.9k |
| Net assets | £396.5k | £383.0k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-09-23➖STOKOE, Malcolm Stuart resigneddirector
- 2022-06-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-26📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-10-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-26📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-09-10🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2008-04-08🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
- 2005-07-20➕STOCKDALE, Thomas Charles appointeddirector
- 2002-07-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ALVERTON BACON SUPPLIES LIMITED
- 2002-07-24➕STOCKDALE, Carolyn appointedsecretary
- 2002-07-24➕STOCKDALE, Thomas Ralph appointeddirector
- 2002-07-24➕SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-07-24➖SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-07-24➕STOKOE, Malcolm Stuart appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Thomas Charles Stockdale Individual · British · DOB 05/1983 · age 43 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Thomas Ralph Stockdaleceased 16/12/2019· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-07-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46320 — Wholesale of meat and meat products
Registered office
Unit 4 Tennant Close
Standard Way Business Park
Northallerton
North Yorkshire
DL6 2XL
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-07
Last: 2025-07-24
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
STOCKDALE, Carolyn→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-07-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
STOCKDALE, Thomas Charles→
Activedirector · ~43y · appointed 2005-07-20
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STOCKDALE, Thomas Ralph→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2002-07-24
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-24 · resigned 2002-07-24
STOKOE, Malcolm Stuart→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 2002-07-24 · resigned 2022-09-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Virgin Money Clydesdale Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 08/04/2008 | 10/09/2012 |
Recent filings (63 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-10-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-06-29