ALANDALE EGGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05775767 · ltd · incorporated 2006-04-10
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£170.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 £170,697

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£171k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
£149k
↑ 42% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£34k£68k£102k£137k£171kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£170.7k£133.9k
Current assets£149.1k£104.6k
Net assets£170.7k£133.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-01
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    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-27
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  3. 2025-01-10
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  4. 2024-06-28
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    LEIGH, Danny Michael John appointed
    director
  5. 2024-06-28
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    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-01-22
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  7. 2022-12-06
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  8. 2021-12-16
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  9. 2020-12-03
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  10. 2019-11-26
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  11. 2019-01-15
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  12. 2017-10-05
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  13. 2016-08-12
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  14. 2016-04-27
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  15. 2016-01-08
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  16. 2015-04-28
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  17. 2006-04-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ALANDALE EGGS LIMITED
  18. 2006-04-10
    ➕
    LEIGH, Tracey Susan appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-04-10
    ➕
    LEIGH, Steven Michael appointed
    director
  20. 2006-04-10
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    LEIGH, Tracey Susan appointed
    director

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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 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

30/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LEIGH, Danny Michael John (same surname) appointed 2024-06-28. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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
Mrs Tracey Susan Leigh
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/04/2017
Mr Steven Michael Leigh
Individual · British · DOB 11/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/04/2017

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
Incorporated2006-04-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

"Parklands" Trimpley Lane
Shatterford
Bewdley
Worcestershire
DY12 1RD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-24
Last: 2026-04-10

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

LEIGH, Tracey Susan→
secretary · appointed 2006-04-10
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LEIGH, Danny Michael John→
director · ~30y · appointed 2024-06-28
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LEIGH, Steven Michael→
director · ~65y · appointed 2006-04-10
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LEIGH, Tracey Susan→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-04-10
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Recent filings (54 total)

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officers · CH01
2026-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-10
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officers · AP01
2024-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-18
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accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14