ALEXANDER-HEAD & CO LTD

🌳Matureactive
06683418 · ltd · incorporated 2008-08-28
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£47.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £47,484

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£47k
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£114k
↑ 36% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£23k£46k£69k£92k£114kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£49.5k£37.9k
Current assets£114.4k£84.1k
Net assets£47.5k£36.0k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  3. 2024-07-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-01-26
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  5. 2023-12-12
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2023-11-30
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-08-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-17
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    FRANCIS, David Stanley resigned
    director
  14. 2018-09-17
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2018-09-17
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2018-09-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2010-02-01
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    FRANCIS, Marcus David appointed
    director
  19. 2008-08-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDER-HEAD & CO LTD
  20. 2008-08-28
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Susan Yvonne appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-08-28
    ➕
    FRANCIS, Susan Yvonne appointed
    director
  22. 2008-08-28
    ➕
    FRANCIS, David Stanley appointed
    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 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Yvonne Francis
Individual · British · DOB 08/1949 · age 77
50–75%
—50-75% shares17/09/2018
Mr Marcus David Francis
Individual · British · DOB 04/1976 · age 50
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/01/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr David Stanley Francisceased 17/09/2018· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2008-08-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

Bredon House
321 Tettenhall Road
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV6 0JZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-24
Last: 2025-12-10

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

FRANCIS, Susan Yvonne→
secretary · appointed 2008-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRANCIS, Marcus David→
director · ~50y · appointed 2010-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRANCIS, Susan Yvonne→
director · ~77y · appointed 2008-08-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FRANCIS, David Stanley→
director · ~75y · appointed 2008-08-28 · resigned 2018-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-15
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-15
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-12-12
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-11-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-06