LANDFILL ALTERNATIVES LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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 (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £379.1k | £299.7k |
| Current assets | £466.0k | £343.3k |
| Cash | £61.7k | — |
| Debtors | £395.3k | — |
| Net assets | £373.1k | £299.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-02📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-01-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-08📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-04-08📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-04-08📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
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- 2023-04-08📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2023-04-08📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
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- 2003-09-15🏢Company incorporatedAs LANDFILL ALTERNATIVES LIMITED
- 2003-09-15➕BARRONS, Joanna Susan appointedsecretary
- 2003-09-15➕BARRONS, Dougal appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 23 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Dougal Barrons Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 15/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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