ALBION VENTURES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05042911 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-12
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£5.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of venture and development capital companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
23 officers (3 active, 23 linked, 16 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
109 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,000

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£5k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£5k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£1k£2k£3k£4k£5kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£5.0k£5.0k
Current assets£5.0k£5.0k
Net assets£5.0k£5.0k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (60 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-11
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  3. 2024-03-25
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  4. 2023-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-02-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-07-02
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  10. 2020-06-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-07-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  12. 2019-07-13
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-06-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-02-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  17. 2014-02-05
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    ALBION CAPITAL GROUP LLP appointed
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2014-02-05
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    DOLAN, Isabel Ann resigned
    secretary
  19. 2014-02-05
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    DOLAN, Isabel Ann resigned
    director
  20. 2009-01-26
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    FRASER ALLEN, William Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2009-01-26
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    REEVE, Patrick Harold appointed
    director
  22. 2009-01-26
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    DALY, Julian Francis resigned
    secretary
  23. 2009-01-26
    ➕
    DOLAN, Isabel Ann appointed
    secretary
  24. 2009-01-26
    ➖
    DALY, Julian Francis resigned
    director
  25. 2009-01-26
    ➕
    DOLAN, Isabel Ann appointed
    director
  26. 2009-01-26
    ➖
    PERRIN, Roger William Nasmith resigned
    director
  27. 2009-01-22
    ➕
    DALY, Julian Francis appointed
    secretary
  28. 2009-01-22
    ➖
    DOLAN, Isabel Ann resigned
    secretary
  29. 2009-01-22
    ➕
    DALY, Julian Francis appointed
    director
  30. 2009-01-22
    ➖
    DOLAN, Isabel Ann resigned
    director
  31. 2009-01-22
    ➖
    ELDER, Andrew Murdoch resigned
    director
  32. 2009-01-22
    ➖
    FRASER ALLEN, William Thomas resigned
    director
  33. 2009-01-22
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    GIGOV, Emil Slavchev resigned
    director
  34. 2009-01-22
    ➖
    GUDGIN, David resigned
    director
  35. 2009-01-22
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    LASCELLES, Edward William Anthony resigned
    director
  36. 2009-01-22
    ➖
    REEVE, Patrick Harold resigned
    director
  37. 2009-01-22
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    STANFORD, Henry Julian Aglionby resigned
    director
  38. 2009-01-22
    ➖
    WHITBY-SMITH, Robert resigned
    director
  39. 2008-09-26
    ➕
    WHITBY-SMITH, Robert appointed
    director
  40. 2008-04-30
    ➖
    SIEFF, Jonathan Saul resigned
    director
  41. 2007-10-17
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    ELDER, Andrew Murdoch appointed
    director
  42. 2007-10-17
    ➕
    GUDGIN, David appointed
    director
  43. 2007-10-17
    ➕
    LASCELLES, Edward William Anthony appointed
    director
  44. 2005-10-01
    ➕
    DOLAN, Isabel Ann appointed
    secretary
  45. 2005-10-01
    ➖
    REEVE, Patrick Harold resigned
    secretary
  46. 2005-06-14
    ➕
    DOLAN, Isabel Ann appointed
    director
  47. 2005-02-28
    ➖
    BETTUM, Ole resigned
    director
  48. 2004-09-14
    ➕
    FRASER ALLEN, William Thomas appointed
    director
  49. 2004-09-14
    ➕
    GIGOV, Emil Slavchev appointed
    director
  50. 2004-02-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBION VENTURES LIMITED
Showing most recent 50 of 60 events

Owner dependency

83/100
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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Albion Capital Group Llp is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Albion Capital Group Llp
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALBION VENTURES LIMITED
This company · 05042911

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Albion Capital Group Llp
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64303 — Activities of venture and development capital companies

Registered office

1 Benjamin Street
London
EC1M 5QL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-26
Last: 2026-02-12

Officers (3 active · 20 resigned)

ALBION CAPITAL GROUP LLP→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-02-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRASER ALLEN, William Thomas→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
REEVE, Patrick Harold→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-01-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DALY, Julian Francis→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-22 · resigned 2009-01-26
Resigned
DOLAN, Isabel Ann→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-26 · resigned 2014-02-05
Resigned
DOLAN, Isabel Ann→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-01 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
REEVE, Patrick Harold→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2005-10-01
Resigned
PAILEX SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2004-02-12
Resigned
BETTUM, Ole→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2005-02-28
Resigned
DALY, Julian Francis→
director · ~67y · appointed 2009-01-22 · resigned 2009-01-26
Resigned
DOLAN, Isabel Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-01-26 · resigned 2014-02-05
Resigned
DOLAN, Isabel Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-06-14 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
ELDER, Andrew Murdoch→
director · ~56y · appointed 2007-10-17 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
FRASER ALLEN, William Thomas→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-09-14 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
GIGOV, Emil Slavchev→
director · ~56y · appointed 2004-09-14 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
GUDGIN, David→
director · ~54y · appointed 2007-10-17 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
LASCELLES, Edward William Anthony→
director · ~51y · appointed 2007-10-17 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
PERRIN, Roger William Nasmith→
director · ~72y · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2009-01-26
Resigned
REEVE, Patrick Harold→
director · ~66y · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2009-01-22
Resigned
SIEFF, Jonathan Saul→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-02-12 · resigned 2008-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (109 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-06
change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH04
2020-07-02