A L K S LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04559504 · ltd · incorporated 2002-10-10
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
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-247
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25720
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). 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
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £247
Net assets shrinking
Down £22,464 YoY
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£48k
↑ 6.3% YoY
Net Worth
-£247
↓ 101% YoY
Current Assets
£190k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£247£38k£76k£114k£152k£190kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£2.0k£24.3k
Current assets£189.6k£187.2k
Cash£47.8k£45.0k
Debtors£44.3k£46.6k
Net assets£-247£22.2k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-01
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-02-09
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  5. 2021-03-15
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-03-19
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-01-24
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2018-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-10-30
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    capital · SH02
  10. 2017-10-23
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    address · AD01
  11. 2017-06-30
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-12-14
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2016-12-14
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    officers · AP01
  14. 2016-11-01
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    MEECHAN, Ryan appointed
    director
  15. 2016-11-01
    ➕
    MORLEY, Clive Nicholas appointed
    director
  16. 2016-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-10-19
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2012-10-01
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    BROOKS, Stephen David appointed
    secretary
  19. 2012-09-30
    ➖
    BROOKS, Sabine Irmhild Edith Angelica resigned
    secretary
  20. 2012-09-30
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    BROOKS, Sabine Irmhild Edith Angelica resigned
    director
  21. 2004-11-01
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    BROOKS, Sabine Irmhild Edith Angelica appointed
    director
  22. 2002-10-10
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    Company incorporated
    As A L K S LIMITED
  23. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    BROOKS, Stephen David appointed
    director
  24. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    BROOKS, Sabine Irmhild Edith Angelica appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-10-10
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-10-10
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2002-10-10
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Stephen David Brooks
Individual · British · DOB 04/1960 · age 66
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-10-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25720 — SIC 25720

Registered office

34-36 Canterbury Road
Margate
Kent
CT9 5BN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

BROOKS, Stephen David→
secretary · appointed 2012-10-01
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Active
BROOKS, Stephen David→
director · ~66y · appointed 2002-10-10
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Active
MEECHAN, Ryan→
director · ~39y · appointed 2016-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORLEY, Clive Nicholas→
director · ~47y · appointed 2016-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BROOKS, Sabine Irmhild Edith Angelica→
secretary · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2012-09-30
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2002-10-10
Resigned
BROOKS, Sabine Irmhild Edith Angelica→
director · ~69y · appointed 2004-11-01 · resigned 2012-09-30
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-10-10 · resigned 2002-10-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-10-23