A & L HEARING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05818944 · ltd · incorporated 2006-05-16

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

Upgrade to see

Turnover

—

year to May 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch

What this business does

Primary activity: Specialist medical practice activities

Sector: Human health & social work

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

45 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Average employees	200	0

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.

See pricing →

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 (20 events)Click to expand

2025-12-22
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-01-17
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-12
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-19
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-23
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-20
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-11-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-01-18
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-01-10
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-05-16
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-12-17
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-05-26
📄
annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
annual-return · AR01
2015-05-26
📍
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2015-01-29
📄
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2006-05-16
🏢
Company incorporated
As A & L HEARING LIMITED
2006-05-16
➕
WEBB, Louise appointed
secretary
2006-05-16
➕
WEBB, Andrew appointed
director
2006-05-16
➕
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2006-05-16
➖
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Andrew Webb Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	16/05/2017

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

Similar companies

Active · Healthcare & medical · ST postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
AAR PHARMACARE LTD→ 11827588 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ABILITY SUPPORT AND EDUCATION CIC→ 16760913 · est 2025 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
ABUNDANCE PROVISION LIMITED→ 10157385 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	9y	—	—
ACG OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY LIMITED→ 12284890 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	6y	—	—
ACME DENTAL LABORATORIES LIMITED→ 04216024 · est 2001 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	24y	—	—
ACORN INTERPRETING LTD→ 11580570 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ACTIVE LIFE PHYSIOCARE LTD→ 10078607 · est 2016 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	10y	—	—
ADAM-LOCUMS LTD→ 07273708 · est 2010 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	15y	—	—
ADSIN (STAFFORDSHIRE) LTD→ 14707914 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	3y	—	—
ADVANTAGE CARE LTD→ 13826417 · est 2022 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	4y	—	—
ADVENTURE STREET (DUDLEY) LTD→ 15156713 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ADVOCACY FOR YOU CIC→ 15636091 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—

Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →

🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2006-05-16

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC86220 — Specialist medical practice activities

Registered office

17 Mere Side Close

Etruria

Stoke On Trent

Staffordshire

ST1 5GH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-30

Last: 2026-05-16

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

WEBB, Louise→

secretary · appointed 2006-05-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WEBB, Andrew→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-05-16

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-05-16 · resigned 2006-05-16

Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.