ALPHA TANKER SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06870517 · ltd · incorporated 2009-04-06
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 12.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£398.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 37000
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 38110SIC 38110
  • 38210SIC 38210
  • 39000SIC 39000
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.5y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
47 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £398,575
Cash YoY
+193%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£146k
↑ 193% YoY
Net Worth
£399k
↑ 29% YoY
Current Assets
£425k
↑ 90% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£85k£170k£255k£340k£425kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.37M£727.4k
Current assets£424.6k£222.9k
Cash£146.5k£50.0k
Debtors£267.7k£165.3k
Net assets£398.6k£309.3k

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

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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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 (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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  2. 2024-09-05
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  3. 2024-08-21
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  4. 2024-04-11
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  5. 2023-07-24
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  6. 2022-10-19
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  7. 2022-02-01
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  8. 2020-11-06
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  9. 2020-04-14
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  10. 2020-04-14
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  11. 2019-10-14
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  12. 2018-09-24
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  13. 2017-10-02
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  14. 2016-08-09
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  15. 2016-04-14
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  16. 2013-12-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  17. 2009-04-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA TANKER SERVICES LIMITED
  18. 2009-04-06
    ➕
    STRICKLAND, Suzanne Philip appointed
    secretary
  19. 2009-04-06
    ➕
    STRICKLAND, Alan appointed
    director
  20. 2009-04-06
    ➕
    STRICKLAND, Suzanne Philip appointed
    director
  21. 2009-04-06
    ➕
    KAHAN, Barbara appointed
    director
  22. 2009-04-06
    ➖
    KAHAN, Barbara resigned
    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 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
Mrs Suzanne Philip Strickland
Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/06/2018
Mr Alan Strickland
Individual · British · DOB 11/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2017

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
Incorporated2009-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC37000 — SIC 37000

Registered office

Red Barn Cottage
Weekley
Kettering
Northamptonshire
NN16 9UN

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

STRICKLAND, Suzanne Philip→
secretary · appointed 2009-04-06
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Active
STRICKLAND, Alan→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-04-06
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Active
STRICKLAND, Suzanne Philip→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-04-06
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Active
KAHAN, Barbara→
director · ~95y · appointed 2009-04-06 · resigned 2009-04-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property10/12/2013—
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Recent filings (47 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-09-05
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-08-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-07-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14