ALINSKY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06556187 · ltd · incorporated 2008-04-05
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.91M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
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. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
50 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 £1,911,912
Cash YoY
+96%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.1m
↑ 96% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£382k£765k£1.1m£1.5m£1.9mApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Cash£1.07M£545.0k
Net assets£1.91M£1.51M

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-11-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-11-11
    ➕
    GLYNN, Lisa appointed
    director
  5. 2024-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-03-23
    ➖
    WILLIAMS, Victoria Jane resigned
    secretary
  10. 2021-03-23
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  11. 2020-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-10-09
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  13. 2019-10-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2019-10-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2019-10-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2008-04-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALINSKY LIMITED
  19. 2008-04-05
    ➕
    GLYNN, Richard Ian appointed
    director
  20. 2008-04-05
    ➕
    WILLIAMS, Victoria Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-04-05
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2008-04-05
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2008-04-05
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  24. 2008-04-05
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Ian Glynn
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2008-04-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GLYNN, Lisa→
director · ~62y · appointed 2024-11-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GLYNN, Richard Ian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILLIAMS, Victoria Jane→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-05 · resigned 2021-03-23
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2008-04-05 · resigned 2008-04-05
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2008-04-05 · resigned 2008-04-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-08
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-03-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-07