ALEXANDER TRAILERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05843594 · ltd · incorporated 2006-06-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to May 2025
Net worth
£503.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 30990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 10.5y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £503,087
Cash YoY
+768%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 768% YoY
Net Worth
£503k
↑ 3.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.7m
↑ 72% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£334k£668k£1.0m£1.3m£1.7mMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£503.1k£498.4k
Current assets£1.67M£973.1k
Cash£1.14M£131.4k
Debtors£507.9k£809.2k
Net assets£503.1k£488.4k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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  2. 2025-01-29
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  3. 2025-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-01-18
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    HILL, Michelle appointed
    director
  5. 2024-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-02-24
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  7. 2022-02-09
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-03
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-06-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2019-02-28
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-04
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  13. 2018-06-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2018-06-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  15. 2018-02-28
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  16. 2017-02-27
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  17. 2016-09-22
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    address · AD01
  18. 2015-12-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  19. 2006-06-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDER TRAILERS LIMITED
  20. 2006-06-12
    ➕
    HILL, Michelle appointed
    secretary
  21. 2006-06-12
    ➕
    HILL, Darren Raymond appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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.
  • 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.)

Group structure

At Holdings (Nw) Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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At Holdings (Nw) Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALEXANDER TRAILERS LIMITED
This company · 05843594

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
At Holdings (Nw) Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control25/05/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Darren Raymond Hillceased 25/05/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2006-06-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC30990 — SIC 30990

Registered office

2 St. Georges Court, Dairyhouse Lane
Broadheath
Altrincham
Cheshire
WA14 5UA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-26
Last: 2025-06-12

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

HILL, Michelle→
secretary · appointed 2006-06-12
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Active
HILL, Darren Raymond→
director · ~53y · appointed 2006-06-12
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Active
HILL, Michelle→
director · ~53y · appointed 2025-01-18
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—23/12/2015—
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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-25
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-02-28
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2019-06-27