ALINEA INTERACTIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05582704 · 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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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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 (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
61 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£0Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees4400

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. 2026-05-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-10-24
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2024-07-18
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  6. 2024-07-18
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  7. 2024-07-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2024-07-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-03-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-05-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-10-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  15. 2018-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-02-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-11-30
    ➕
    AMOS, Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2016-11-30
    ➕
    ASKEY, Taj appointed
    director
  19. 2005-10-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ALINEA INTERACTIVE LIMITED
  20. 2005-10-04
    ➕
    ASKEY, Timothy Sinclair appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-10-04
    ➕
    AMOS, Grayham appointed
    director
  22. 2005-10-04
    ➕
    ASKEY, Timothy Sinclair appointed
    director
  23. 2005-10-04
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-10-04
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-10-04
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-10-04
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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 21 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

80/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 Grayham Amos
Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/10/2016
Mr Timothy Sinclair Askey
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/10/2016

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 SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

Melrose House Pynes Hill
Rydon Lane
Exeter
Devon
EX2 5AZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

ASKEY, Timothy Sinclair→
secretary · appointed 2005-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AMOS, Ann→
director · ~65y · appointed 2016-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
AMOS, Grayham→
director · ~63y · appointed 2005-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASKEY, Taj→
director · ~58y · appointed 2016-11-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ASKEY, Timothy Sinclair→
director · ~56y · appointed 2005-10-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2005-10-04
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-10-04 · resigned 2005-10-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (61 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-18
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-07-18
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-07-18
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-07-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13