ALBANY CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTD
🌳Matureactive
04646947 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-24
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
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
63 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.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-12-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2017-10-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-10-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2016-10-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2016-10-01📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2005-10-01➕TUCKER, Michael Steven appointeddirector
- 2004-03-31➖GALLACHER, John resigneddirector
- 2003-01-24🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBANY CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTD
- 2003-01-24➕TUCKER, Michael Steven appointedsecretary
- 2003-01-24➕TUCKER, Karen appointeddirector
- 2003-01-24➕GALLACHER, John appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. 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 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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 |
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Mr Micheal Steven Tucker Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 03/10/2017 |
Mrs Karen Tucker Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 24/01/2017 |
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
Incorporated2003-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
376 Newport Road
Cardiff
South Glam
CF23 9AE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
TUCKER, Michael Steven→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TUCKER, Karen→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
TUCKER, Michael Steven→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2005-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GALLACHER, John→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2003-01-24 · resigned 2004-03-31
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Recent filings (63 total)
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-01