ALM SURVEYING LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). 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: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-30📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2021-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2016-05-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-08-21📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2014-08-29📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2008-08-18➕MATHER, Andrew Livingstone appointeddirector
- 2008-08-14➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2008-08-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ALM SURVEYING LIMITED
- 2008-08-13➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. 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 18 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Livingstone Mather Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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