ALPHASEARCH (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04550732 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-02
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-25.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (75/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
59 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £25,711

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£26k
↓ 73% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↓ 4.0% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£26k-£16k-£6k£4k£14k£23kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£20.7k£30.8k
Current assets£22.4k£23.3k
Net assets£-25.7k£-14.9k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
    📄
    termination-director-company
    officers · TM01
  2. 2026-04-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-02-23
    📄
    second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
    officers · RP04AP01
  6. 2024-02-23
    📄
    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  7. 2024-02-15
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2023-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-07-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-07-15
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-07-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-07-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-10-02
    ➕
    HART, Miles appointed
    director
  17. 2002-10-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALPHASEARCH (UK) LIMITED
  18. 2002-10-02
    ➕
    HART, Miles Edward appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-10-02
    ➕
    BAILEY, Susan Roberta appointed
    director
  20. 2002-10-02
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2002-10-02
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-10-02
    ➕
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2002-10-02
    ➖
    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Bailey
Individual · British · DOB 07/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares02/10/2016
Mr Miles Hart
Individual · British · DOB 04/2016 · age 10
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-10-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69109 — Activities of patent and copyright agents; other legal activities

Registered office

Easby Firs
Great Ayton
Middlesbrough
Cleveland
TS9 6JE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-16
Last: 2025-10-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HART, Miles Edward→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAILEY, Susan Roberta→
director · ~82y · appointed 2002-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HART, Miles→
director · ~57y · appointed 2009-10-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-02 · resigned 2002-10-02
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-02 · resigned 2002-10-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (59 total)

termination-director-company
officers · TM01
2026-04-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-26
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2024-02-23
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-02-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29