ALUMINATI NETWORK GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04953058 · ltd · incorporated 2003-11-04
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
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 63110Data processing, hosting and related activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 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 (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
-£2.4m-£1.7m-£1.0m-£338k£360k£1.1mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£703.6k
Current assets£1.06M
Cash£1.01M
Debtors£52.2k
Net assets£-2.43M

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-30
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    capital · SH01
  3. 2025-03-10
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  4. 2024-12-11
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  5. 2024-12-02
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    capital · SH02
  6. 2023-12-14
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-11-04
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-21
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2022-01-12
    WRIGHT, Jason appointed
    director
  10. 2021-07-15
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-11-23
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  12. 2019-12-18
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  13. 2018-11-29
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  14. 2017-12-08
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  15. 2017-11-13
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-04-26
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    change-of-constitution · CC04
  17. 2017-04-26
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  18. 2017-03-08
    GARNER, Roger appointed
    director
  19. 2003-11-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ALUMINATI NETWORK GROUP LIMITED
  20. 2003-11-04
    WATTS, Daniel Meitrie appointed
    secretary
  21. 2003-11-04
    WATTS, Daniel Meitrie appointed
    director
  22. 2003-11-04
    WATTS, Derek Colin appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 73 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Daniel Meitrie Watts
Individual · British · DOB 12/1981 · age 45
5075%
50-75% shares19/09/2016

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
Incorporated2003-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

Hyperion House The Oaks
Fordham Road
Newmarket
Suffolk
CB8 7XN
England

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 (5 active · 0 resigned)

WATTS, Daniel Meitrie
secretary · appointed 2003-11-04
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GARNER, Roger
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-03-08
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Active
WATTS, Daniel Meitrie
director · ~45y · appointed 2003-11-04
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Active
WATTS, Derek Colin
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-11-04
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Active
WRIGHT, Jason
director · ~38y · appointed 2022-01-12
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Recent filings (62 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-15
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-07-30
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-11
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-01-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-23