ALMA PLACE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04607244 · ltd · incorporated 2002-12-03
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 18.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.0y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
70 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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees100100

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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Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  3. 2025-08-12
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    JONES, John Francis appointed
    director
  4. 2024-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-12-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2021-12-13
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    JONES, John Francis resigned
    director
  10. 2021-06-07
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2021-06-01
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    JONES, John Francis appointed
    director
  12. 2021-01-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-11-20
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2019-11-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-06-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  20. 2011-03-02
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    LOADMAN, Richard Edward resigned
    director
  21. 2008-07-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: We Black Limited
  22. 2002-12-20
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    BARNES, Catherine appointed
    director
  23. 2002-12-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALMA PLACE LIMITED
  24. 2002-12-03
    ➕
    BARNES, Catherine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-12-03
    ➕
    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-12-03
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    BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-12-03
    ➕
    LOADMAN, Richard Edward appointed
    director
  28. 2002-12-03
    ➕
    BOURSE NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2002-12-03
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    BOURSE 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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • 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.
  • 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
Miss Catherine Barnes
Individual · British · DOB 05/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2002-12-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

The Old Dairy 12 Stephen Road
Headington
Oxford
OX3 9AY
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

BARNES, Catherine→
secretary · appointed 2002-12-03
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Active
BARNES, Catherine→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-12-20
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Active
JONES, John Francis→
director · ~66y · appointed 2025-08-12
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Active
BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-12-03 · resigned 2002-12-03
Resigned
JONES, John Francis→
director · ~66y · appointed 2021-06-01 · resigned 2021-12-13
Resigned
LOADMAN, Richard Edward→
director · ~61y · appointed 2002-12-03 · resigned 2011-03-02
Resigned
BOURSE NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-12-03 · resigned 2002-12-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
We Black
We Black Limited
Cash deposit deed1 property01/07/2008—
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Recent filings (70 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-07
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-08