ALLIANCE CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04679682 · ltd · incorporated 2003-02-26
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£736.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.0y

30/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £736,416

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£736k
Current Assets
£86k
Current Liabilities
—
£0£147k£295k£442k£589k£736kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£744.4k—
Current assets£85.7k—
Net assets£736.4k—
Average employees—0

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2023-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2023-03-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  7. 2023-03-13
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  8. 2023-03-13
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    Charge satisfied #3
  9. 2023-03-13
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    Charge satisfied #2
  10. 2022-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-01-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2021-08-11
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  14. 2021-03-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-02-22
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2020-11-13
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-05-26
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  18. 2019-10-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  19. 2019-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-03-22
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  21. 2016-06-03
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    Charge satisfied #1
  22. 2015-11-23
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  23. 2015-06-08
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  24. 2004-07-31
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Laraine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-07-31
    ➖
    LAMPEY, Carol Patricia resigned
    secretary
  26. 2004-02-23
    ➕
    LAMPEY, Carol Patricia appointed
    secretary
  27. 2004-02-23
    ➖
    NEW HORIZONS LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  28. 2003-03-20
    ➖
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2003-03-20
    ➕
    NEW HORIZONS LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  30. 2003-02-27
    ➕
    WILKINSON, Paul Herbert appointed
    director
  31. 2003-02-27
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    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2003-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIANCE CARE AND SUPPORT LIMITED
  33. 2003-02-26
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2003-02-26
    ➕
    @UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +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.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Herbert Wilkinson
Individual · British · DOB 09/1961 · age 65
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/06/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87200 — Residential care activities for learning difficulties, mental health and substance abuse

Registered office

14 Wellesley Road
Clacton-On-Sea
CO15 3PP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-12
Last: 2026-02-26

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

WILKINSON, Laraine→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILKINSON, Paul Herbert→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAMPEY, Carol Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-23 · resigned 2004-07-31
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT SECRETARY LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-02-26 · resigned 2003-03-20
Resigned
NEW HORIZONS LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2003-03-20 · resigned 2004-02-23
Resigned
@UKPLC CLIENT DIRECTOR LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-02-26 · resigned 2003-02-27
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property22/03/201813/03/2023
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/11/201513/03/2023
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—08/06/201503/06/2016

Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-01-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-13
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2023-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-17