ALTERNATIVE DRAINAGE COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06869058 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-03
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 7.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£305.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.3y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
65 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £305,367

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£52k
Net Worth
£305k
Current Assets
£622k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Total assets£504.6k
Current assets£621.6k
Cash£52.2k
Debtors£569.3k
Net assets£305.4k

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (38 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-11-21
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  3. 2024-01-07
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-18
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    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2023-04-17
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  6. 2023-04-17
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  7. 2023-04-17
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  8. 2023-04-17
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  9. 2023-04-17
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    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-04-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2023-04-14
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    PEARSON, Yana Margaret appointed
    director
  12. 2023-04-14
    ➖
    BOSWELL, Jayne Margaret resigned
    director
  13. 2023-04-14
    ➖
    BOSWELL, Sean resigned
    director
  14. 2023-04-13
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
  15. 2023-02-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2022-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-09-09
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    mortgage · MR04
  19. 2021-09-09
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2021-08-19
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    EYRE, Hannah resigned
    director
  21. 2021-08-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2021-02-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  23. 2020-01-20
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  24. 2020-01-20
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  25. 2020-01-07
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    PEARSON, Daniel Richard appointed
    director
  26. 2020-01-07
    ➖
    BOSWELL, Jayne resigned
    secretary
  27. 2020-01-07
    ➕
    EYRE, Hannah appointed
    director
  28. 2019-02-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
  29. 2015-04-02
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    BOSWELL, Sean appointed
    director
  30. 2015-04-02
    ➖
    BOSWELL, Sean resigned
    director
  31. 2009-04-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTERNATIVE DRAINAGE COMPANY LIMITED
  32. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    BOSWELL, Jayne appointed
    secretary
  33. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  34. 2009-04-03
    ➖
    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  35. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    BOSWELL, Jayne Margaret appointed
    director
  36. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    BOSWELL, Sean appointed
    director
  37. 2009-04-03
    ➕
    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  38. 2009-04-03
    ➖
    TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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

Danya Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Danya Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALTERNATIVE DRAINAGE COMPANY LIMITED
This company · 06869058

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Danya Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control14/04/2023
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Alternative Drainage Holdings Limitedceased 09/04/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mrs Jayne Margaret Boswellceased 14/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Sean Boswellceased 14/04/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-04-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 14 Ashley Industrial Estate
Ossett
West Yorkshire
WF5 9JD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-17
Last: 2026-04-03

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

PEARSON, Daniel Richard→
director · ~50y · appointed 2020-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PEARSON, Yana Margaret→
director · ~40y · appointed 2023-04-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOSWELL, Jayne→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2020-01-07
Resigned
TURNER LITTLE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2009-04-03
Resigned
BOSWELL, Jayne Margaret→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2023-04-14
Resigned
BOSWELL, Sean→
director · ~60y · appointed 2015-04-02 · resigned 2023-04-14
Resigned
BOSWELL, Sean→
director · ~66y · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2015-04-02
Resigned
EYRE, Hannah→
director · ~35y · appointed 2020-01-07 · resigned 2021-08-19
Resigned
TURNER LITTLE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2009-04-03 · resigned 2009-04-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Bank Commercial Finance LTD
A registered charge—13/04/2023—
satisfied
NatWest Group
Rbs Invoice Finance LTD
A registered charge—20/02/201909/09/2021
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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-07
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-18
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-04-17
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-04-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-06
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-02-10