1ST ALTON MANOR SCOUT GROUP LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06814352 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2009-02-10
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 8 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
46 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-17
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    HALLSWORTH, Chritine Ann appointed
    director
  4. 2024-07-17
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    LAUGHLIN, Jacqueline Rachael appointed
    director
  5. 2024-07-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2024-07-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2023-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-06-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2022-05-06
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    GEE, Malcolm George resigned
    director
  11. 2021-11-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-02-16
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-02-05
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    WHYSALL, Stephen John resigned
    director
  16. 2018-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  19. 2016-03-08
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-no-member-list
    annual-return · AR01
  20. 2015-03-01
    ➖
    NAISMITH, James Alan resigned
    director
  21. 2014-03-25
    ➕
    NAISMITH, James Alan appointed
    director
  22. 2014-03-25
    ➕
    WHYSALL, Stephen John appointed
    director
  23. 2011-06-01
    ➖
    WALKER, David Andrew resigned
    director
  24. 2010-07-31
    ➖
    SMITH, Ronald resigned
    director
  25. 2009-02-10
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    Company incorporated
    As 1ST ALTON MANOR SCOUT GROUP LIMITED
  26. 2009-02-10
    ➕
    FIELD, Martin Patrick appointed
    director
  27. 2009-02-10
    ➕
    GEE, Malcolm George appointed
    director
  28. 2009-02-10
    ➕
    SMITH, Ronald appointed
    director
  29. 2009-02-10
    ➕
    WALKER, David Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.

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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 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

1st Alton Manor Scouts holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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1st Alton Manor Scouts
Corporate parent · board control
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1ST ALTON MANOR SCOUT GROUP LIMITED
This company · 06814352

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
1st Alton Manor Scouts
Corporate entity
——board controlboard 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
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc
Incorporated2009-02-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC94990 — Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.

Registered office

230 John O'Gaunts Way
Belper
Derbyshire
DE56 0DF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

FIELD, Martin Patrick→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-02-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HALLSWORTH, Chritine Ann→
director · ~77y · appointed 2024-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LAUGHLIN, Jacqueline Rachael→
director · ~51y · appointed 2024-07-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GEE, Malcolm George→
director · ~78y · appointed 2009-02-10 · resigned 2022-05-06
Resigned
NAISMITH, James Alan→
director · ~51y · appointed 2014-03-25 · resigned 2015-03-01
Resigned
SMITH, Ronald→
director · ~103y · appointed 2009-02-10 · resigned 2010-07-31
Resigned
WALKER, David Andrew→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-02-10 · resigned 2011-06-01
Resigned
WHYSALL, Stephen John→
director · ~43y · appointed 2014-03-25 · resigned 2019-02-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (46 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-14