ALTON STREET (CARLISLE) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

07332684 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2010-08-02

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 Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Residents property management

Sector: Activities of households

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 93-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 93). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

42 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-04-22
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2025-01-29
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2024-01-23
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2023-01-24
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accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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accounts · AA
2021-01-19
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accounts · AA
2020-01-31
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accounts · AA
2018-10-01
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accounts · AA
2018-08-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-04-05
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officers · AP01
2018-04-04
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accounts · AA
2018-04-04
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officers · TM01
2018-04-01
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GOODFELLOW, Michael Joseph appointed
director
2018-03-31
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LAZONBY, Audrey Sarah resigned
director
2018-02-28
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address · AD01
2018-01-18
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annual-return · AR01
2018-01-18
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2011-01-27
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LAZONBY, Audrey Sarah appointed
director
2011-01-24
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COUPE, Gordon appointed
director
2010-08-02
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Company incorporated
As ALTON STREET (CARLISLE) LIMITED
2010-08-02
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KAHAN, Barbara appointed
director
2010-08-02
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KAHAN, Barbara resigned
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

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 93 — succession pressure is live.

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 93 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 15 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Gordon Coupe Individual · British · DOB 01/1933 · age 93	—	25–50%	board control25-50% voting · board control	06/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2010-08-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC98000 — Residents property management

Registered office

Flat 6d Alton Street

Carlisle

Cumbria

CA2 4DX

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-16

Last: 2025-08-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

COUPE, Gordon→

director · ~93y · appointed 2011-01-24

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Active

GOODFELLOW, Michael Joseph→

director · ~46y · appointed 2018-04-01

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Active

KAHAN, Barbara→

director · ~95y · appointed 2010-08-02 · resigned 2010-08-02

Resigned

LAZONBY, Audrey Sarah→

director · ~66y · appointed 2011-01-27 · resigned 2018-03-31

Resigned

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