ALLIANCE GOLF LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04504904 · ltd · incorporated 2002-08-06
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
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). 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 2.1y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 2.1 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
79 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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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
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-21
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-05-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  5. 2024-03-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-07-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  7. 2023-05-18
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2023-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-05-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-04-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-02-21
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2017-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2010-03-17
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    WALTON, Alec William resigned
    director
  18. 2008-11-30
    ➖
    DAVIS, John Hathaway resigned
    director
  19. 2005-03-11
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    MARTIN, Andrew Robert Jonathan appointed
    director
  20. 2004-03-16
    ➕
    HEDGES, Paul appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-03-16
    ➖
    BARNARD, Philip resigned
    secretary
  22. 2004-03-16
    ➖
    BARNARD, Bruce John resigned
    director
  23. 2004-03-16
    ➖
    BARNARD, Philip resigned
    director
  24. 2004-01-26
    ➕
    HEDGES, Paul appointed
    director
  25. 2004-01-26
    ➕
    DAVIS, John Hathaway appointed
    director
  26. 2004-01-26
    ➕
    WALTON, Alec William appointed
    director
  27. 2002-08-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIANCE GOLF LIMITED
  28. 2002-08-06
    ➕
    BARNARD, Philip appointed
    secretary
  29. 2002-08-06
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2002-08-06
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2002-08-06
    ➕
    BARNARD, Bruce John appointed
    director
  32. 2002-08-06
    ➕
    BARNARD, Philip appointed
    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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 70 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 22 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.)

Group structure

Foremost Golf Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Foremost Golf Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALLIANCE GOLF LIMITED
This company · 04504904

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Foremost Golf Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-08-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46499 — Wholesale of household goods (other than musical instruments) n.e.c.

Registered office

Chancery Court Lincoln Road
Cressex Business Park
High Wycombe
Bucks
HP12 3RE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

HEDGES, Paul→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HEDGES, Paul→
director · ~70y · appointed 2004-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARTIN, Andrew Robert Jonathan→
director · ~54y · appointed 2005-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARNARD, Philip→
secretary · appointed 2002-08-06 · resigned 2004-03-16
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-08-06 · resigned 2002-08-06
Resigned
BARNARD, Bruce John→
director · ~81y · appointed 2002-08-06 · resigned 2004-03-16
Resigned
BARNARD, Philip→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-08-06 · resigned 2004-03-16
Resigned
DAVIS, John Hathaway→
director · ~76y · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2008-11-30
Resigned
WALTON, Alec William→
director · ~61y · appointed 2004-01-26 · resigned 2010-03-17
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—17/05/2024—
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Recent filings (79 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2023-07-11
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-21