A & L STEWART LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05801992 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-02
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£226
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Electrical installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £226
Net assets shrinking
Down £22 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£226
↓ 8.9% YoY
Current Assets
£16k
↓ 1.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£3k£7k£10k£13k£16kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£1.1k£1.0k
Current assets£16.1k£16.3k
Net assets£226£248

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-02-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2021-05-17
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    move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
    address · AD04
  8. 2020-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-01-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-05-26
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    change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
    address · AD02
  15. 2016-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-05-03
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    STEWART, Lesley appointed
    secretary
  17. 2006-05-03
    ➕
    STEWART, Alan appointed
    director
  18. 2006-05-03
    ➕
    STEWART, Lesley appointed
    director
  19. 2006-05-03
    ➖
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2006-05-02
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    Company incorporated
    As A & L STEWART LIMITED
  21. 2006-05-02
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2006-05-02
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  23. 2006-05-02
    ➖
    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 "STEWART" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 69. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Lesley Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/05/2021
Mr Alan Stewart
Individual · British · DOB 02/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/05/2017

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
Incorporated2006-05-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43210 — Electrical installation

Registered office

Fieldfare, Forrest Farm
East Cottingwith
York
East Yorkshire
YO42 4TA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-16
Last: 2026-05-02

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

STEWART, Lesley→
secretary · appointed 2006-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Alan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEWART, Lesley→
director · ~67y · appointed 2006-05-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-05-02 · resigned 2006-05-03
Resigned
HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-05-02 · resigned 2006-05-02
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-05-17
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-18