ALVATEK LTD
🌳Matureactive
06367212 · ltd · incorporated 2007-09-11
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£3.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 3.8y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.8 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
61 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 · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £3,465
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£190k
Net Worth
£3k
Current Assets
£513k
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £126.4k | — |
| Current assets | £512.8k | — |
| Cash | £190.3k | — |
| Debtors | £65.3k | — |
| Net assets | £3.5k | — |
| Average employees | — | 1500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-04-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-09-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-09-13🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2022-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-09-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-09-18📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2014-09-01➕SHEATH, David Antony appointeddirector
- 2007-09-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ALVATEK LTD
- 2007-09-11➕FRYATT, Rita appointedsecretary
- 2007-09-11➕FRYATT, Rita appointeddirector
- 2007-09-11➕FRYATT, Stephen Alva appointeddirector
Owner dependency
83/100
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
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
83/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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
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 David Antony Sheath Individual · British · DOB 06/1978 · age 48 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 17/03/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Stephen Alva Fryattceased 25/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Rita Fryattceased 17/03/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-09-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
Registered office
Unit 11 Westwood Court
Brunel Road
Southampton
Hampshire
SO40 3WX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-02
Last: 2025-09-18
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
FRYATT, Rita→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2007-09-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
FRYATT, Stephen Alva→
Activedirector · ~73y · appointed 2007-09-11
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SHEATH, David Antony→
Activedirector · ~48y · appointed 2014-09-01
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 13/09/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (61 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-07