ALP JEWELLERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06806989 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-02
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£341
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32120
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
43 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 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £341
Net assets shrinking
Down £36,265 YoY
Cash YoY
+54%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£180k
↑ 54% YoY
Net Worth
£341
↓ 99% YoY
Current Assets
£224k
↑ 20% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£45k£90k£134k£179k£224kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£102.4k£138.6k
Current assets£223.8k£186.7k
Cash£180.1k£116.7k
Debtors£43.8k£70.0k
Net assets£341£36.6k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-20
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-04-22
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  4. 2025-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-08-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  6. 2024-08-13
    📄
    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  7. 2024-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-02-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-05-08
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  14. 2018-04-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  15. 2017-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2009-02-02
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALP JEWELLERY LIMITED
  17. 2009-02-02
    ➕
    PITHER, Kim Elaine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2009-02-02
    ➕
    PITHER, Alan Leslie appointed
    director
  19. 2009-02-02
    ➕
    PITHER, Kim Elaine 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 17 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

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 70 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 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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
Mr Alan Leslie Pither
Individual · British · DOB 01/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Kim Elaine Pither
Individual · British · DOB 12/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-02-02
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32120 — SIC 32120

Registered office

Old Stocks
Broombarn Lane
Great Missenden
Bucks
HP16 9JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

PITHER, Kim Elaine→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-02
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Active
PITHER, Alan Leslie→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-02-02
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Active
PITHER, Kim Elaine→
director · ~68y · appointed 2009-02-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (43 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-18
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-08-14
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-08-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-03-31