ALPHA MARINE SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05985744 · ltd · incorporated 2006-11-01
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
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-03
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-08-29
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2024-04-01
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    LEWIS, Rachael Rebecca appointed
    director
  6. 2024-04-01
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    LEWIS, Rachael Rebecca resigned
    director
  7. 2024-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-02-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-08-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2017-11-04
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-08-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA MARINE SERVICES LIMITED
  19. 2006-11-01
    ➕
    LEWIS, Rachael Rebecca appointed
    secretary
  20. 2006-11-01
    ➕
    LEWIS, Martin John appointed
    director
  21. 2006-11-01
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-11-01
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-11-01
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2006-11-01
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

88/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin John Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Rachael Rebecca Lewis
Individual · British · DOB 05/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Raymar House
6 Dunstone Road Plymstock
Plymouth
PL9 8RQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

LEWIS, Rachael Rebecca→
secretary · appointed 2006-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LEWIS, Martin John→
director · ~63y · appointed 2006-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-11-01 · resigned 2006-11-01
Resigned
LEWIS, Rachael Rebecca→
director · ~58y · appointed 2024-04-01 · resigned 2024-04-01
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-11-01 · resigned 2006-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-07