ALAMEX LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
06332689 · ltd · incorporated 2007-08-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£619.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other information technology service activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. 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).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

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
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £619,525
Net assets shrinking
Down £18,739 YoY
Cash YoY
-1%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£286k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Net Worth
£620k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£340k
↓ 2.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£128k£255k£383k£511k£638kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£678.0k£732.7k
Current assets£340.4k£349.5k
Cash£285.6k£289.8k
Debtors£43.4k£49.3k
Net assets£619.5k£638.3k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-08-14
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  3. 2025-08-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-15
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2023-12-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-05
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    BOND, Victoria Jane resigned
    director
  9. 2022-08-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2021-12-02
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    STANLEY, Ane resigned
    director
  11. 2021-12-02
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2021-12-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-11-25
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    BOND, Victoria Jane appointed
    director
  14. 2021-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-12-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-11-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2017-11-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-03-20
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    STANLEY, Ane appointed
    director
  21. 2011-04-01
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    SWIFT, Derek Alan appointed
    secretary
  22. 2011-04-01
    ➖
    BOND, Victoria Jane resigned
    secretary
  23. 2009-11-09
    ➕
    STANLEY, Neil Jonathan appointed
    director
  24. 2009-11-09
    ➖
    BOND, Victoria Jane resigned
    director
  25. 2008-11-04
    ➖
    STANLEY, Neil Jonathan resigned
    director
  26. 2008-10-31
    ➕
    BOND, Victoria Jane appointed
    director
  27. 2007-08-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAMEX LIMITED
  28. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    BOND, Victoria Jane appointed
    secretary
  29. 2007-08-03
    ➕
    STANLEY, Neil Jonathan appointed
    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 17 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 candidate

Strong 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Neil Jonathan Stanley
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control28/07/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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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
Incorporated2007-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC62090 — Other information technology service activities

Registered office

11 Laura Place
Bath
BA2 4BL

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-17
Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

SWIFT, Derek Alan→
secretary · appointed 2011-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STANLEY, Neil Jonathan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOND, Victoria Jane→
secretary · appointed 2007-08-03 · resigned 2011-04-01
Resigned
BOND, Victoria Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2021-11-25 · resigned 2022-08-05
Resigned
BOND, Victoria Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-10-31 · resigned 2009-11-09
Resigned
STANLEY, Ane→
director · ~50y · appointed 2017-03-20 · resigned 2021-12-02
Resigned
STANLEY, Neil Jonathan→
director · ~62y · appointed 2007-08-03 · resigned 2008-11-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-16
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-08-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-02
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-14