ALFA IT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04878309 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-27
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Information technology consultancy activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
80 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 accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-06-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-06-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2022-04-08
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-04-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2021-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-11-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-11-24
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-11-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2021-11-24
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-11-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2019-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-08-07
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    GRIFFIN, Jennifer Jane resigned
    secretary
  19. 2008-04-07
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    GRIFFIN, Jennifer Jane appointed
    director
  20. 2003-08-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ALFA IT LIMITED
  21. 2003-08-27
    ➕
    GRIFFIN, Mark Christian appointed
    director
  22. 2003-08-27
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    GRIFFIN, Jennifer Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 2003-08-27
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    AT SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-08-27
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    AT SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2003-08-27
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    AT DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2003-08-27
    ➖
    AT DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mark Christian Griffin
Individual · British · DOB 04/1965 · age 61
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Jennifer Jane Griffin
Individual · British · DOB 11/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2003-08-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62020 — Information technology consultancy activities

Registered office

40 Skylark
Blunsdon
Swindon
SN26 7AU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-22
Last: 2025-12-08

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GRIFFIN, Jennifer Jane→
director · ~50y · appointed 2008-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFIN, Mark Christian→
director · ~61y · appointed 2003-08-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFIN, Jennifer Jane→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-27 · resigned 2014-08-07
Resigned
AT SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-27 · resigned 2003-08-27
Resigned
AT DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-27 · resigned 2003-08-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (80 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20