ALDERS CLASSICS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05514314 · ltd · incorporated 2005-07-20
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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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2024-04-26
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  4. 2023-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-05-04
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-04-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  10. 2018-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-09-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2017-04-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-04-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-10-21
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-09-01
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    COOK, Liam resigned
    director
  16. 2014-04-01
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    COOK, Liam appointed
    director
  17. 2013-05-09
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    WELLS, David Frank appointed
    secretary
  18. 2013-05-09
    ➕
    ELLENER, Matthew Alexander appointed
    director
  19. 2013-05-09
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    WELLS, Bibi Shamyun resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-07-21
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    WELLS, David Frank appointed
    director
  21. 2005-07-21
    ➕
    WELLS, Bibi Shamyun appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-07-21
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    PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2005-07-21
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    PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2005-07-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALDERS CLASSICS LIMITED
  25. 2005-07-20
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    PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2005-07-20
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    PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
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 64. 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Frank Wells
Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64
75–100%
—75-100% shares21/10/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-07-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

Unit 7 Wellington Road
Tharston Industrial Estate
Long Stratton, Norwich
Norfolk
NR15 2PE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-22
Last: 2025-11-08

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WELLS, David Frank→
secretary · appointed 2013-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLENER, Matthew Alexander→
director · ~37y · appointed 2013-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WELLS, David Frank→
director · ~64y · appointed 2005-07-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WELLS, Bibi Shamyun→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-21 · resigned 2013-05-09
Resigned
PREMIER SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-07-20 · resigned 2005-07-21
Resigned
COOK, Liam→
director · ~37y · appointed 2014-04-01 · resigned 2015-09-01
Resigned
PREMIER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-07-20 · resigned 2005-07-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-20