ALFA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD

🌳Matureactive
07157658 · ltd · incorporated 2010-02-15
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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year to Feb 2026
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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 (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
38 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2025Feb 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2026-02-282025-02-28

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-14
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  3. 2024-10-03
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  4. 2023-03-20
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  5. 2022-10-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-11-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-28
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-26
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2017-07-26
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  13. 2016-11-05
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  14. 2016-03-07
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  15. 2016-03-07
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    officers · CH01
  16. 2010-04-09
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    BRUCE, Paola Eleonora resigned
    director
  17. 2010-02-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALFA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LTD
  18. 2010-02-15
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    BRUCE, Paola Eleonora appointed
    director
  19. 2010-02-15
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    ZANETTI, David John appointed
    director
  20. 2010-02-15
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    ZANETTI, Sante Romano appointed
    director
  21. 2010-02-15
    ➕
    BRUCE, Paola Eleonora appointed
    director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Sante Romano Zanetti
Individual · British · DOB 06/1935 · age 91
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting26/07/2017
Mrs Paola Eleonora Bruce
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr David John Zanetti
Individual · British · DOB 11/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Sante Romano Zanetticeased 25/07/2017· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-02-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Verona House Filwood Road
Fishpond
Bristol
BS16 3RY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-11-30
Last made up to: 2026-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-07
Last: 2026-01-24

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BRUCE, Paola Eleonora→
director · ~58y · appointed 2010-02-15
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Active
ZANETTI, David John→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-02-15
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Active
ZANETTI, Sante Romano→
director · ~91y · appointed 2010-02-15
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Active
BRUCE, Paola Eleonora→
director · ~62y · appointed 2010-02-15 · resigned 2010-04-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (38 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-08-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-25