ALAN LEATHER ASSOCIATES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04816287 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-01

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Architectural activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

3 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

81 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Average employees	500	600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-27
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-07
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-12-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-25
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-01-25
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-10-01
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LEATHER, Sandra Bernice resigned
director
2017-09-30
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LEATHER, Sandra Bernice resigned
secretary
2017-09-30
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LEATHER, Alan resigned
director
2007-09-01
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BEYNON, Owen David appointed
director
2007-09-01
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DAVIS, Gavin John appointed
director
2007-09-01
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LAMBERT, Kylie appointed
director
2006-12-22
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HUME, Peter John resigned
director
2003-08-19
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HUME, Peter John appointed
director
2003-07-01
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Company incorporated
As ALAN LEATHER ASSOCIATES LIMITED
2003-07-01
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LEATHER, Sandra Bernice appointed
secretary
2003-07-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-01
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-07-01
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LEATHER, Alan appointed
director
2003-07-01
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LEATHER, Sandra Bernice appointed
director
2003-07-01
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-07-01
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INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

68/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
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

3 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Owen David Beynon Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mr Gavin Davis Individual · British · DOB 07/1969 · age 57	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016
Mrs Kylie Lambert Individual · British · DOB 03/1975 · age 51	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	06/04/2016

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr Alan Leatherceased 30/09/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence
Mrs Sandra Bernice Leatherceased 30/09/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence

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

Incorporated2003-07-01

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Peter Williams & Co Latham Park

St. Blazey Road

Par

Cornwall

PL24 2HY

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-15

Last: 2026-07-01

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

BEYNON, Owen David→

director · ~58y · appointed 2007-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

DAVIS, Gavin John→

director · ~57y · appointed 2007-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LAMBERT, Kylie→

director · ~51y · appointed 2007-09-01

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

LEATHER, Sandra Bernice→

secretary · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2017-09-30

Resigned

SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2003-07-01

Resigned

HUME, Peter John→

director · ~69y · appointed 2003-08-19 · resigned 2006-12-22

Resigned

LEATHER, Alan→

director · ~78y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2017-09-30

Resigned

LEATHER, Sandra Bernice→

director · ~82y · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2017-10-01

Resigned

INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-01 · resigned 2003-07-01

Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2026-07-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-03-05

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2026-02-27

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2026-02-26

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-09-30

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-09-29

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-03-13

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-15

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2023-12-11

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-07-04

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2022-12-20

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-07-14

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-07-08

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2022-07-07