ALMAR CABS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07021691 · ltd · incorporated 2009-09-17
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
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year to Sept 2024
Net worth
£5.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
48 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,908
Net assets shrinking
Down £747 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£6k
↓ 11% YoY
Current Assets
£52k
↓ 8.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£11k£23k£34k£46k£57kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£5.9k£6.7k
Current assets£52.4k£57.2k
Net assets£5.9k£6.7k

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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  2. 2024-06-30
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  3. 2023-09-28
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  4. 2022-12-14
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  5. 2022-12-13
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  6. 2022-09-05
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  7. 2021-06-26
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  8. 2020-09-30
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  9. 2019-08-10
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  10. 2019-08-10
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  12. 2019-07-31
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    GRIFFITHS, Owen David appointed
    director
  13. 2019-07-31
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    GRIFFITHS, Harry William resigned
    director
  14. 2019-06-30
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  15. 2018-06-30
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  16. 2017-06-30
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  17. 2016-06-30
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  18. 2009-10-01
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    GRIFFITHS, Pauline appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-01
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    GRIFFITHS, Harry William appointed
    director
  20. 2009-09-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ALMAR CABS LIMITED
  21. 2009-09-17
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer appointed
    director
  22. 2009-09-17
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    JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer 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 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
Mrs Pauline Griffiths
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/06/2016
Mr Owen David Griffiths
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting29/06/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Harry William Griffithsceased 31/07/2019· significant influence

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
Incorporated2009-09-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320

Registered office

Suite 46 Hilton Hall Hilton Lane
Essington
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV11 2BQ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Owen David→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-07-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Pauline→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Harry William→
director · ~65y · appointed 2009-10-01 · resigned 2019-07-31
Resigned
JACOBS, Yomtov Eliezer→
director · ~56y · appointed 2009-09-17 · resigned 2009-09-17
Resigned

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Recent filings (48 total)

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2024-12-14
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2024-06-30
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2023-10-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-28
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2023-09-28
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2022-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-08
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accounts · AA
2022-09-05
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2021-09-23
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2021-06-26
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accounts · AA
2020-09-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-31