ALEX DALE LTD

🌳Matureactive
06486668 · ltd · incorporated 2008-01-29
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 18.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 18.2y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 18.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
55 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.

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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees2200

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  2. 2026-01-30
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    CHASE, Jack Weston appointed
    director
  3. 2025-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-16
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2021-03-25
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    CHASE, Ralph Robert appointed
    director
  11. 2021-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-04-25
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    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  16. 2017-03-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-02-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2012-09-12
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    Charge satisfied #2
  19. 2011-06-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Elphinstone Estates Limited and Elphinstone Land Limited
  20. 2010-09-01
    ➕
    DALE, Robert Fraser, Mr. appointed
    director
  21. 2008-03-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  22. 2008-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEX DALE LTD
  23. 2008-01-29
    ➕
    GWA COSEC LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2008-01-29
    ➕
    DALE, Alexander Paterson appointed
    director
  25. 2008-01-29
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2008-01-29
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2008-01-29
    ➕
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2008-01-29
    ➖
    CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DALE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

A P Dale's 2015 Trust holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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A P Dale's 2015 Trust
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
significant stake
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ALEX DALE LTD
This company · 06486668

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Paterson Dale
Individual · British · DOB 11/1958 · age 68
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
A P Dale's 2015 Trust
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · trust interest06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds

Registered office

17 Walkergate
Berwick-Upon-Tweed
Northumberland
TD15 1DJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (5 active · 2 resigned)

GWA COSEC LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHASE, Jack Weston→
director · ~50y · appointed 2026-01-30
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Active
CHASE, Ralph Robert→
director · ~44y · appointed 2021-03-25
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Active
DALE, Alexander Paterson→
director · ~68y · appointed 2008-01-29
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Active
DALE, Robert Fraser, Mr.→
director · ~70y · appointed 2010-09-01
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Active
CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-01-29 · resigned 2008-01-29
Resigned
CREDITREFORM (DIRECTORS) LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-01-29 · resigned 2008-01-29
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Elphinstone Estates and Elphinstone Land
Elphinstone Estates Limited and Elphinstone Land Limited
Standard security1 property27/06/201112/09/2012
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property28/03/2008—
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Recent filings (55 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-04-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-01-20