ALASKAN WINDOWS LTD
🌳Matureactive
05317266 · ltd · incorporated 2004-12-20
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£929.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Glazing
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 10.2y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £929,924
Cash YoY
+48%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£779k
↑ 48% YoY
Net Worth
£930k
↑ 26% YoY
Current Assets
£938k
↑ 40% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £929.9k | £735.7k |
| Current assets | £938.3k | £668.7k |
| Cash | £779.3k | £528.3k |
| Debtors | £134.0k | £120.4k |
| Net assets | £929.9k | £735.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-30➕LOADER, Helen Lindsey appointeddirector
- 2020-03-30➕YOUNG, Alastair Lyle appointeddirector
- 2020-03-30➕YOUNG, Douglas John appointeddirector
- 2019-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-21📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2017-12-10➖YOUNG, Mary Dorothea resignedsecretary
- 2017-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-11-25📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-06-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2016-05-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2007-01-01➕YOUNG, Mary Dorothea appointedsecretary
- 2006-12-29➖BOYD, Paul Charles resignedsecretary
- 2005-04-07➕BOYD, Paul Charles appointedsecretary
- 2005-04-07➖YOUNG, Mary Dorothea resignedsecretary
- 2004-12-20🏢Company incorporatedAs ALASKAN WINDOWS LTD
- 2004-12-20➕YOUNG, Alastar James Joiner appointeddirector
- 2004-12-20➕YOUNG, Mary Dorothea appointedsecretary
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 80 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 80 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
cleanNo 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 Alastair James Joiner Young Individual · British · DOB 03/1946 · age 80 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 20/12/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43342 — Glazing
Registered office
20 Stonecot Hill
Sutton
SM3 9HE
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last: 2025-12-17
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
LOADER, Helen Lindsey→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2020-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG, Alastair Lyle→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2020-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG, Alastar James Joiner→
Activedirector · ~80y · appointed 2004-12-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
YOUNG, Douglas John→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2020-03-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BOYD, Paul Charles→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2005-04-07 · resigned 2006-12-29
YOUNG, Mary Dorothea→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2007-01-01 · resigned 2017-12-10
YOUNG, Mary Dorothea→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2004-12-20 · resigned 2005-04-07
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 16/06/2016 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/05/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (62 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-29
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-03-31