ALSOP & WALKER LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
05873721 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-12
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
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Turnover
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£734.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10511
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 13.4y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 13.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £734,838
Cash YoY
+15%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£442k
↑ 15% YoY
Net Worth
£735k
↑ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£604k
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £734.8k | £629.4k |
| Current assets | £604.1k | £508.4k |
| Cash | £441.6k | £383.5k |
| Debtors | £152.6k | £114.9k |
| Net assets | £734.8k | £629.4k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2024-05-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-26📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-09-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-07-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-22📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-07-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-30📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2021-07-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2020-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-18➖WALKER, Nicholas resigneddirector
- 2013-01-21🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Trustees of the Borough Market Southwark
- 2009-07-16➕WALKER, Nicholas appointeddirector
- 2009-06-30➖BESTBIER, Eddie resigneddirector
- 2008-05-14➕ALSOP, Arthur John appointedsecretary
- 2008-05-14➕ALSOP, Arthur John appointeddirector
- 2008-05-14➖BESTBIER, Deborah Cavanagh resignedsecretary
- 2008-05-14➖BESTBIER, Deborah Cavanagh resigneddirector
- 2006-07-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ALSOP & WALKER LIMITED
- 2006-07-12➕BESTBIER, Deborah Cavanagh appointedsecretary
- 2006-07-12➕BESTBIER, Deborah Cavanagh appointeddirector
- 2006-07-12➕BESTBIER, Eddie appointeddirector
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALSOP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
- 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
cleanNo 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 Arthur John Alsop Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-07-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10511 — SIC 10511
Registered office
Coles Hall Barns
Heathfield Road
Five Ashes
East Sussex
TN20 6JJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-27
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12
Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)
ALSOP, Arthur John→
Activesecretary · appointed 2008-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALSOP, Arthur John→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2008-05-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BESTBIER, Deborah Cavanagh→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2006-07-12 · resigned 2008-05-14
BESTBIER, Deborah Cavanagh→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2006-07-12 · resigned 2008-05-14
BESTBIER, Eddie→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2006-07-12 · resigned 2009-06-30
WALKER, Nicholas→
Resigneddirector · ~55y · appointed 2009-07-16 · resigned 2016-08-18
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | The Trustees of the Borough Market Southwark | Rent deposit deed | 1 property | 21/01/2013 | — |
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Recent filings (75 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-01
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-19