ALPHA TAXI RENTALS LTD

🌳Matureactive
07054103 · ltd · incorporated 2009-10-22
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 13.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£310.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 13.0y

85/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
12 connected companies via shared directors
81
Filing history
41 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 £310,360
Cash YoY
+33%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£81k
↑ 33% YoY
Net Worth
£310k
↑ 43% YoY
Current Assets
£220k
↑ 5.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£62k£124k£186k£248k£310kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£310.4k£217.0k
Current assets£219.6k£207.5k
Cash£81.3k£61.3k
Debtors£138.2k£146.2k
Net assets£310.4k£217.0k

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
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Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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  2. 2024-10-23
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  3. 2024-07-02
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  4. 2023-07-31
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  5. 2022-07-28
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  6. 2021-07-20
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  7. 2020-10-05
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  8. 2020-09-11
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  9. 2019-07-30
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  10. 2018-07-31
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  11. 2017-07-20
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  12. 2016-07-29
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  13. 2015-11-09
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  14. 2015-07-31
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  15. 2014-11-30
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  16. 2013-07-25
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2012-10-16
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    BRADLEY, Francis resigned
    director
  18. 2011-08-17
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    BRADLEY, Janet Ann appointed
    director
  19. 2009-10-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA TAXI RENTALS LTD
  20. 2009-10-22
    ➕
    BRADLEY, James Anthony appointed
    director
  21. 2009-10-22
    ➕
    BRADLEY, Francis appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Anthony Bradley
Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-10-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77110 — Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Registered office

6 Childwall Fiveways
Childwall
Liverpool
L15 6YB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BRADLEY, James Anthony→
director · ~62y · appointed 2009-10-22
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Active
BRADLEY, Janet Ann→
director · ~61y · appointed 2011-08-17
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Active
BRADLEY, Francis→
director · ~55y · appointed 2009-10-22 · resigned 2012-10-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property25/07/2013—
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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
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accounts · AA
2025-07-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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2022-10-31
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accounts · AA
2022-07-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-04
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accounts · AA
2021-07-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-09-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-04