ALLIANCE BRIDGING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05752163 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-22

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

£25.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other credit granting n.e.c.

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

12 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £25,779

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£26k

~ YoY

Current Assets

£42k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£25.8k	£25.8k
Current assets	£41.9k	£41.9k
Net assets	£25.8k	£25.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-15
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2022-12-22
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2021-12-10
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2021-03-26
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2018-12-20
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2017-12-21
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accounts · AA
2016-12-15
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accounts · AA
2016-04-19
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annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-21
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accounts · AA
2015-04-17
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2014-12-16
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2014-04-25
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2007-03-29
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HOLDER, Wayne James appointed
director
2006-03-22
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Company incorporated
As ALLIANCE BRIDGING COMPANY LIMITED
2006-03-22
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HOLDER, Wayne James appointed
secretary
2006-03-22
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HARTIGAN, Kevin William appointed
director
2006-03-22
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
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2006-03-22
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2006-03-22
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2006-03-22
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

83/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kevin William Hartigan Individual · British · DOB 07/1968 · age 58	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/08/2016

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

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AGRI FACILITIES LIMITED→ 14192901 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-03-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC64929 — Other credit granting n.e.c.

Registered office

Appleby Farm

Attwood Lane Nr Pensilva

Liskeard

Cornwall

PL14 5QW

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-05

Last: 2026-03-22

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

HOLDER, Wayne James→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-22

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Active

HARTIGAN, Kevin William→

director · ~58y · appointed 2006-03-22

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Active

HOLDER, Wayne James→

director · ~70y · appointed 2007-03-29

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Active

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-22 · resigned 2006-03-22

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-03-22 · resigned 2006-03-22

Resigned

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