ALMA VALE CENTRE LTD

💤Zombieactive

04533435 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-12

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other human health activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (1 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

64 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2025-12-06
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2022-11-24
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2021-12-15
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2020-11-19
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2019-08-08
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officers · TM02
2019-05-20
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WORLEY, Sarah resigned
secretary
2018-12-11
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2017-06-27
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accounts · AA01
2016-09-05
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GLOVER, Susan Jill resigned
secretary
2016-09-05
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WORLEY, Sarah appointed
secretary
2016-09-05
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WORLEY, Sarah resigned
director
2016-09-05
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officers · AP03
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officers · TM01
2016-04-01
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WITT, John resigned
director
2016-04-01
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WORLEY, Sarah appointed
director
2015-08-12
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FAGG, Andrew Paul resigned
director
2010-10-29
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RUSSELL, Marion resigned
director
2003-04-09
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WITT, John appointed
director
2003-04-07
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RUSSELL, Marion appointed
director
2003-04-04
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GLOVER, Susan Jill appointed
director
2003-04-04
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GLOVER, Susan Jill appointed
secretary
2003-04-04
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FAGG, Andrew Paul appointed
director
2002-09-18
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
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2002-09-18
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
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2002-09-12
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Company incorporated
As ALMA VALE CENTRE LTD
2002-09-12
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FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
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2002-09-12
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FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
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Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Susan Jill Glover Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-09-12

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86900 — Other human health activities

Registered office

The Alma Vale Centre

30 Alma Vale Rd

Clifton

Bristol

BS8 2HY

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-06

Last: 2026-05-23

Officers (1 active · 8 resigned)

GLOVER, Susan Jill→

director · ~70y · appointed 2003-04-04

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Active

GLOVER, Susan Jill→

secretary · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2016-09-05

Resigned

WORLEY, Sarah→

secretary · appointed 2016-09-05 · resigned 2019-05-20

Resigned

FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-12 · resigned 2002-09-18

Resigned

FAGG, Andrew Paul→

director · ~72y · appointed 2003-04-04 · resigned 2015-08-12

Resigned

RUSSELL, Marion→

director · ~75y · appointed 2003-04-07 · resigned 2010-10-29

Resigned

WITT, John→

director · ~73y · appointed 2003-04-09 · resigned 2016-04-01

Resigned

WORLEY, Sarah→

director · ~41y · appointed 2016-04-01 · resigned 2016-09-05

Resigned

FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-09-12 · resigned 2002-09-18

Resigned

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