ALPHA ASSOCIATES UK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05880179 · ltd · incorporated 2006-07-18
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 18.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 51210
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 18.6y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
55 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Average employees3

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.

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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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2024-03-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2022-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  11. 2021-03-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-03-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2021-03-26
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2020-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  17. 2007-12-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  18. 2006-07-19
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    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-07-19
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    ABERGAN REED LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2006-07-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA ASSOCIATES UK LIMITED
  21. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    AKROYD, David Philip appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-07-18
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    AKROYD, David Philip appointed
    director
  23. 2006-07-18
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    AKROYD, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2006-07-18
    ➕
    ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 2006-07-18
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    ABERGAN REED LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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 63. 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Philip Akroyd
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
75–100%
—75-100% shares20/07/2016

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
Incorporated2006-07-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC51210 — SIC 51210

Registered office

10 Galland Road
Welton
Brough
HU15 1XU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-01
Last: 2025-07-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

AKROYD, David Philip→
secretary · appointed 2006-07-18
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Active
AKROYD, David Philip→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-07-18
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Active
AKROYD, Elizabeth→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-07-18
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Active
ABERGAN REED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2006-07-19
Resigned
ABERGAN REED LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2006-07-18 · resigned 2006-07-19
Resigned

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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
Legal charge1 property20/12/2007—
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Recent filings (55 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-26