ALBERMARLE PIANOS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04898657 · ltd · incorporated 2003-09-15
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2022-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-12-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  10. 2021-10-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2020-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-12-30
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-09-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2018-12-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-06-17
    ➕
    LYONS-RITTER, Deborah Benita appointed
    secretary
  19. 2010-06-17
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    RITTER, Henry resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-09-17
    ➕
    RITTER, Alvin Stuart appointed
    director
  21. 2003-09-17
    ➕
    RITTER, Henry appointed
    secretary
  22. 2003-09-17
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-09-17
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-09-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBERMARLE PIANOS LIMITED
  25. 2003-09-15
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2003-09-15
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD 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 74 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Deborah Benita Lyons-Ritter
Individual · British · DOB 01/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016
Mr Alvin Stuart Ritter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%sig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · significant influence06/04/2016

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

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Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-09-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33190 — SIC 33190

Registered office

C/O Spiro Neil 109b High Street
Old Town
Hemel Hempstead
Hertfordshire
HP1 3AH
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-29
Last: 2025-09-15

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LYONS-RITTER, Deborah Benita→
secretary · appointed 2010-06-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RITTER, Alvin Stuart→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-09-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RITTER, Henry→
secretary · appointed 2003-09-17 · resigned 2010-06-17
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-09-15 · resigned 2003-09-17
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-09-15 · resigned 2003-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-06-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-03-25
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2021-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-10-14