AL'S COACHES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05053885 · ltd · incorporated 2004-02-24

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 16.5y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£907.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 49390

Sector: Transportation & storage

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 16.5y

50/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 16.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

11 officers (7 active, 11 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

74 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £907,638

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£42k

Net Worth

£908k

Current Assets

£868k

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31
Total assets	£3.61M
Current assets	£867.9k
Cash	£41.9k
Debtors	£826.0k
Net assets	£907.6k

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

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 90 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 gazette
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand

2026-07-04
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-07-03
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replacement-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP01AP01
2026-06-09
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gazette · GAZ1
2025-12-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-14
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officers · CH03
2021-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-08-30
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officers · AP01
2019-08-28
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-08-27
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FOULKES, Sandra appointed
director
2018-11-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-15
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officers · TM02
2018-11-15
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2018-11-15
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2018-11-05
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CULLINAN, Mark appointed
secretary
2018-11-05
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FOULKES, Jack appointed
secretary
2018-11-05
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FOULKES, Sandra appointed
secretary
2018-11-05
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CULLINAN, Christopher resigned
secretary
2018-05-08
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CULLINAN, Mark appointed
director
2011-06-14
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Charge registered #2
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2010-02-21
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CULLINAN, Christopher resigned
secretary
2010-01-19
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lombard North Central PLC
2009-02-12
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CULLINAN, Christopher appointed
director
2009-02-12
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CULLINAN, Christopher appointed
secretary
2004-02-27
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CULLINAN, Thomas Arthur appointed
director
2004-02-27
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CULLINAN, Christopher appointed
secretary
2004-02-27
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AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-02-27
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BUYVIEW LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2004-02-24
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Company incorporated
As AL'S COACHES LIMITED
2004-02-24
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AA COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-02-24
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BUYVIEW LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 95 — 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 95 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Thomas Arthur Cullinan Individual · British · DOB 04/1931 · age 95	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2004-02-24

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC49390 — SIC 49390

Registered office

400 Cleveland Street

Birkenhead

Wirral

Merseyside

CH41 8EQ

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24