ALEXANDER MILLER LIMITED

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04833009 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-15
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
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£243.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 1 with DOB)
74
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
62 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £243,055
Cash YoY
+6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£266k
↑ 6.3% YoY
Net Worth
£243k
↑ 1.2% YoY
Current Assets
£325k
↓ 1.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£66k£132k£198k£264k£330kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£244.1k£240.7k
Current assets£325.0k£330.0k
Cash£265.6k£249.9k
Debtors£59.4k£80.1k
Net assets£243.1k£240.2k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-08-03
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  11. 2017-07-03
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    address · AD01
  12. 2017-01-20
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-01-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-07-31
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2004-11-19
    ➕
    HAMPTON, Charles Michael Fawcett appointed
    secretary
  16. 2004-11-19
    ➖
    MILLER, Charles resigned
    secretary
  17. 2003-08-26
    ➕
    HAMPTON, Melanie Caroline Alexandra appointed
    director
  18. 2003-08-26
    ➕
    MILLER, Charles appointed
    secretary
  19. 2003-08-13
    ➖
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2003-08-13
    ➖
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  21. 2003-07-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDER MILLER LIMITED
  22. 2003-07-15
    ➕
    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-07-15
    ➕
    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED 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 67 — 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 67. 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

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
Mrs Melanie Caroline Alexandra Hampton
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
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
Incorporated2003-07-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

1 Stanyards Courtyard Stanyards Farm
Chertsey Road
Chobham
Surrey
GU24 8JE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-08
Last: 2026-04-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HAMPTON, Charles Michael Fawcett→
secretary · appointed 2004-11-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HAMPTON, Melanie Caroline Alexandra→
director · ~67y · appointed 2003-08-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILLER, Charles→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-26 · resigned 2004-11-19
Resigned
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-15 · resigned 2003-08-13
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-15 · resigned 2003-08-13
Resigned

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Recent filings (62 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
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accounts · AA
2026-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
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accounts · AA
2025-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-01-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-01-25
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-02-03
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-23
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accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-29