ALVIAN LTD

🌳Matureactive

06438403 · ltd · incorporated 2007-11-27

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 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: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

49 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

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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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-11-30	2024-11-30
Average employees	0	0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand

2026-05-14
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2025-05-15
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2024-06-13
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2023-04-06
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2022-07-18
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2021-05-24
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2020-06-09
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2019-04-29
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2019-04-24
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2019-04-24
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officers · CH01
2019-04-12
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HOLMES, Leighton Joseph appointed
director
2019-04-12
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officers · AP01
2018-04-30
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2017-08-24
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2016-07-19
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2015-12-22
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2008-06-27
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CLARK, John Bedford resigned
secretary
2007-11-27
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Company incorporated
As ALVIAN LTD
2007-11-27
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HOLMES, Kevin John appointed
director
2007-11-27
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CLARK, John Bedford appointed
secretary
2007-11-27
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2007-11-27
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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2007-11-27
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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2007-11-27
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
+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 67. 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 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

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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Kevin John Holmes Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	04/01/2017

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

Incorporated2007-11-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Ochil Close

Bideford

Devon

EX39 4DE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-08-28

Last made up to: 2025-11-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-02-14

Last: 2026-01-31

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

HOLMES, Kevin John→

director · ~67y · appointed 2007-11-27

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Active

HOLMES, Leighton Joseph→

director · ~32y · appointed 2019-04-12

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Active

CLARK, John Bedford→

secretary · appointed 2007-11-27 · resigned 2008-06-27

Resigned

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2007-11-27 · resigned 2007-11-27

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2007-11-27 · resigned 2007-11-27

Resigned

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