ALICE ENGINEERING.COM LIMITED

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05973566 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-20
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
£119.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 28250SIC 28250
  • 28990SIC 28990
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (84/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
3 years of iXBRL accounts extracted + narrative notes parsed
95
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £119,358
Net assets shrinking
Down £66,633 YoY
Cash YoY
+1350%
Year on year

Key financials

3 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↑ 1350% YoY
Net Worth
£119k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↑ 595% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£37k£74k£112k£149k£186kOct 2023Oct 2024Oct 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-10-312024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£123.1k£188.8k£170.4k
Current assets£47.4k£6.8k£1.2k
Cash£22.3k£1.5k£961
Debtors£25.1k£5.3k£281
Net assets£119.4k£186.0k£167.4k

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

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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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-30
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  2. 2025-07-30
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  3. 2024-09-11
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  4. 2023-07-27
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  5. 2022-07-07
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  6. 2021-07-29
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  7. 2020-10-30
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  8. 2019-07-30
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  9. 2018-07-31
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  10. 2017-07-31
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  11. 2016-07-28
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  12. 2016-02-01
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  13. 2015-11-09
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  14. 2015-07-30
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  15. 2015-03-27
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    address · AD01
  16. 2006-10-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALICE ENGINEERING.COM LIMITED
  17. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    PINFIELD, Stuart James appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    PINFIELD, Jennifer appointed
    director
  19. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    PINFIELD, Stuart James appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-10-20
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-10-20
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-10-20
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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

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 Stuart James Pinfield
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2006-10-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990

Registered office

Unit 6 Ditton Priors Trading Estate
Station Road
Ditton Priors
Shropshire
WV16 6SS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-23
Last: 2025-10-09

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

PINFIELD, Stuart James→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-20
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Active
PINFIELD, Jennifer→
director · ~64y · appointed 2006-10-20
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Active
PINFIELD, Stuart James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-10-20
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-10-20 · resigned 2006-10-20
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-10-20 · resigned 2006-10-20
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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2026-06-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-09
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2025-07-30
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2024-12-02
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2024-09-11
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2023-12-15
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accounts · AA
2023-07-27
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2022-12-21
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accounts · AA
2022-07-07
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-30