ALAN RAMSAY SALES & MARKETING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04739616 · ltd · incorporated 2003-04-18
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 16.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£2.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). 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 16.0y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 16.0 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: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
68 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,558

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£3k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£50k
↓ 6.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£21k£32k£43k£54kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£2.6k£4.0k
Current assets£50.0k£53.5k
Net assets£2.6k£2.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-28
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2025-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-05-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2023-04-28
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    RAMSAY, Elaine appointed
    director
  7. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-04-21
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-04-01
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Alan Thomas appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-04-01
    ➖
    RAMSAY, Elaine resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-05-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2003-04-19
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Alan Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2003-04-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN RAMSAY SALES & MARKETING LIMITED
  22. 2003-04-18
    ➕
    RAMSAY, Elaine appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-04-18
    ➕
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-04-18
    ➖
    NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-04-18
    ➕
    AVIS, Christine Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 2003-04-18
    ➖
    AVIS, Christine Susan resigned
    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 "RAMSAY" — 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 68 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. 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

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alan Thomas Ramsay
Individual · British · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Elaine Ramsay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares28/08/2025

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
Incorporated2003-04-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Barnston House
Beacon Lane, Heswall
Wirral
CH60 0EE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-02
Last: 2026-04-18

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RAMSAY, Alan Thomas→
secretary · appointed 2013-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSAY, Alan Thomas→
director · ~68y · appointed 2003-04-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSAY, Elaine→
director · ~68y · appointed 2023-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RAMSAY, Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-18 · resigned 2013-04-01
Resigned
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-18 · resigned 2003-04-18
Resigned
AVIS, Christine Susan→
nominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2003-04-18 · resigned 2003-04-18
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property28/05/2010—
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Recent filings (68 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-05-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-21