ALTO ROOFING AND CLADDING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06896880 · ltd · incorporated 2009-05-06
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
£268.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Roofing activities
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
45 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
60
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £268,656
Cash YoY
-29%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£287k
↓ 29% YoY
Net Worth
£269k
↑ 3.8% YoY
Current Assets
£305k
↓ 25% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£81k£162k£244k£325k£406kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£295.7k£306.0k
Current assets£305.3k£406.2k
Cash£287.3k£406.2k
Debtors£18.0k—
Net assets£268.7k£258.9k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal 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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
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 (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-08-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2021-09-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-11-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-03-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-02-12
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2019-01-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-01-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-05-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-05-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ALTO ROOFING AND CLADDING LIMITED
  17. 2009-05-06
    ➕
    HOUGHTON, Peter James appointed
    director
  18. 2009-05-06
    ➕
    HOUGHTON, Rachael Jane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 17 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • 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 Peter James Houghton
Individual · British · DOB 04/1970 · age 56
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Rachael Jane Houghton
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
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
Incorporated2009-05-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43910 — Roofing activities

Registered office

Basepoint Yeoford Way
Marsh Barton
Exeter
Devon
EX2 8LB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HOUGHTON, Peter James→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-05-06
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Active
HOUGHTON, Rachael Jane→
director · ~51y · appointed 2009-05-06
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Active

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Recent filings (45 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-07-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-09-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-02