ALTON MORTGAGES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05582369 · ltd · incorporated 2005-10-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.10M
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £1,103,704
Cash YoY
+2%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£646k
↑ 2.0% YoY
Net Worth
£1.1m
↑ 9.5% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↑ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£243k£486k£729k£972k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.22M£1.10M
Current assets£1.21M£1.10M
Cash£645.6k£632.6k
Debtors£568.8k£470.4k
Net assets£1.10M£1.01M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 miscellaneous
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2026-01-16
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  3. 2025-08-06
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-10-13
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-11-13
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  6. 2023-07-26
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  7. 2022-12-11
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  8. 2022-05-20
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  9. 2021-01-25
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  10. 2020-05-20
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  11. 2019-05-10
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  12. 2018-06-21
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  13. 2017-06-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-03-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-10-05
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2005-10-21
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    ALTON, Richard Edward appointed
    director
  17. 2005-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTON MORTGAGES LIMITED
  18. 2005-10-04
    ➕
    ALTON, Richard Edward appointed
    secretary
  19. 2005-10-04
    ➕
    ALTON, Gillian Lesley appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALTON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Edward Alton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1973 · age 53
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Gillian Lesley Alton
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2005-10-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

The Woodlands 6 Bramble Drive
Maidenhead
Berkshire
SL6 3NX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-18
Last: 2025-10-04

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ALTON, Richard Edward→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-04
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Active
ALTON, Gillian Lesley→
director · ~57y · appointed 2005-10-04
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Active
ALTON, Richard Edward→
director · ~53y · appointed 2005-10-21
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Active

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Recent filings (52 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-01-27
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2026-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-12
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-05