ALAN GRICE STAIRCASE COMPANY LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04588332 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£144.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 7.6y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £143,962
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£17k
Net Worth
£144k
Current Assets
£98k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £151.5k | — |
| Current assets | £98.5k | — |
| Cash | £16.8k | — |
| Debtors | £54.2k | — |
| Net assets | £144.0k | — |
| Average employees | — | 900 |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-11-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Santander UK PLC
- 2018-11-06📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-08-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-11-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-11-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2012-05-25➖GRICE, Dorothy Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2003-04-05➕GRICE, Stephen Jason appointeddirector
- 2003-04-03➕GRICE, Alan appointedsecretary
- 2003-04-03➕GRICE, Alan appointeddirector
- 2003-04-03➖CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-04-03➕GRICE, Dorothy Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2003-04-03➖CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2002-11-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ALAN GRICE STAIRCASE COMPANY LIMITED
- 2002-11-12➕CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2002-11-12➕CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "GRICE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 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 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Grice Individual · British · DOB 10/1950 · age 76 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Stephen Jason Grice Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2002-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 1 Langley Road
Burscough Industrial Estate
Burscough
Lancashire
L40 8JR
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
Active
Active
GRICE, Stephen Jason→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2003-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-12 · resigned 2003-04-03
GRICE, Dorothy Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2003-04-03 · resigned 2012-05-25
CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-12 · resigned 2003-04-03
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Santander Santander UK PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/11/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (61 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-11-14