ALAN C TIPPING & ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04583759 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-07
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
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£29.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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
66 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)
Positive net assets
Net assets £28,976
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,898 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£29k
↓ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£38k
↓ 56% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£35k£53k£70k£88kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£29.0k£71.9k
Current assets£38.3k£87.9k
Net assets£29.0k£44.9k

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
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Last 90 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-01
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-11-30
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2018-03-21
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2018-03-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2017-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2002-11-13
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    TIPPING, Jennifer Clair appointed
    secretary
  16. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    TIPPING, Daniel Simon appointed
    director
  17. 2002-11-13
    ➕
    TIPPING, Jennifer Clair appointed
    director
  18. 2002-11-11
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    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  19. 2002-11-11
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  20. 2002-11-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN C TIPPING & ASSOCIATES LIMITED
  21. 2002-11-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2002-11-07
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "TIPPING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 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
Mr Daniel Simon Tipping
Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Jennifer Clair Tipping
Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-11-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

St. Matthews Hall Church Road
Donnington Wood
Telford
Shropshire
TF2 7PT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TIPPING, Jennifer Clair→
secretary · appointed 2002-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TIPPING, Daniel Simon→
director · ~53y · appointed 2002-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TIPPING, Jennifer Clair→
director · ~75y · appointed 2002-11-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-07 · resigned 2002-11-11
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-07 · resigned 2002-11-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-16