ALEXANDER BATES CAMPBELL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07216495 · ltd · incorporated 2010-04-08

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

£105.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (5 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

6 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

61 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £105,119

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£105k

↑ 5.0% YoY

Current Assets

£391k

↓ 2.4% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£111.2k	£116.6k
Current assets	£391.4k	£401.0k
Net assets	£105.1k	£100.1k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 address
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand

2026-05-05
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address · AD01
2026-05-05
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officers · CH03
2025-07-31
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accounts · AA
2024-09-03
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accounts · AA
2024-04-16
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-02-14
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officers · CH01
2023-07-31
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officers · CH01
2023-07-31
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officers · CH01
2023-07-21
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accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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address · AD01
2022-07-18
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address · AD01
2022-07-08
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accounts · AA
2022-06-24
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officers · AP01
2022-06-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-06-22
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2022-06-22
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2022-06-22
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2022-06-22
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2022-06-22
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2022-05-12
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CAMPBELL-BAKER, Lynne appointed
secretary
2022-05-12
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ALEXANDER, Christine Ann appointed
director
2022-05-12
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ALEXANDER, Richard appointed
director
2012-04-01
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BATES, Martyn Lawson appointed
director
2012-04-01
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BATES, Martyn Lawson resigned
director
2010-04-10
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BATES, Martyn Lawson appointed
director
2010-04-10
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BATES, Martyn Lawson resigned
director
2010-04-08
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Company incorporated
As ALEXANDER BATES CAMPBELL LIMITED
2010-04-08
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CAMPBELL-BAKER, Lynne appointed
director
2010-04-08
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BATES, Martyn Lawson appointed
director

Owner dependency

88/100

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

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALEXANDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — 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 72 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.)

Group structure

Alexander Bates Campbell Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Alexander Bates Campbell Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ALEXANDER BATES CAMPBELL LIMITED

This company · 07216495

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Alexander Bates Campbell Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	12/05/2022

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mrs Lynne Campbell-Bakerceased 12/05/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Martyn Lawson Batesceased 12/05/2022· 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

Incorporated2010-04-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Pippingford Manor

Pippingford Park

Nutley

East Sussex

TN22 3HW

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-22

Last: 2026-04-08