6 ALPHA ASSOCIATES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05119798 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-05
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Risk and damage evaluation
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 71200Technical testing and analysis
- 74909Other professional, scientific and technical activities n.e.c.
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
92 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
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.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
10
filings
- • 5 officers
- • 3 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-11-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2025-11-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-11-10📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-01-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-01-06📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-02-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-07-23➕COOKE, Karen Lorraine appointeddirector
- 2012-06-25➖GOODERHAM, Lee resigneddirector
- 2011-03-07➕GOODERHAM, Lee appointeddirector
- 2010-07-09➖AINSLIE, Hamish resigneddirector
- 2009-10-20➖HOLT, Christopher resigneddirector
- 2009-07-31➕COOKE, Karen Lorraine appointedsecretary
- 2009-07-31➖BRADSHAW resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2008-10-29➕HOLT, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2008-10-28➕AINSLIE, Hamish appointeddirector
- 2007-06-01➖COOKE, Rachael Eva resignedsecretary
- 2007-06-01➕BRADSHAW appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-05-05🏢Company incorporatedAs 6 ALPHA ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- 2004-05-05➕COOKE, Simon appointeddirector
- 2004-05-05➕COOKE, Rachael Eva appointedsecretary
- 2004-05-05➕TAYLER BRADSHAW LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2004-05-05➖TAYLER BRADSHAW LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Uxo International Sl is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Uxo International Sl
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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6 ALPHA ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Uxo International Sl Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · board control · significant influence | 30/04/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Karen Lorraine Cookeceased 30/04/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Simon Cookeceased 30/04/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-05-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66210 — Risk and damage evaluation
Registered office
23 Church Street
Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire
WD3 1DE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10
Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)
COOKE, Karen Lorraine→
Activesecretary · appointed 2009-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COOKE, Karen Lorraine→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2020-07-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COOKE, Simon→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2004-05-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
COOKE, Rachael Eva→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-05-05 · resigned 2007-06-01
BRADSHAW→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2007-06-01 · resigned 2009-07-31
TAYLER BRADSHAW LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2004-05-05 · resigned 2004-05-05
AINSLIE, Hamish→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2008-10-28 · resigned 2010-07-09
GOODERHAM, Lee→
Resigneddirector · ~49y · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2012-06-25
HOLT, Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~52y · appointed 2008-10-29 · resigned 2009-10-20
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Recent filings (92 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-12-10
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2025-11-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-01-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07