ALICE MADE THIS LTD
🌳Matureactive
07448500 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14190
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £124.7k |
| Current assets | — | £149.3k |
| Cash | — | £62.5k |
| Debtors | — | £40.3k |
| Net assets | — | £109.9k |
| Average employees | 200 | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-05-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-27📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-11-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-28📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2024-03-28📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2023-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-11-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-27📄second-filing-capital-allotment-sharescapital · RP04SH01
- 2018-09-19📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2018-09-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2014-06-13➕WALSH, Edward Michael appointeddirector
- 2012-11-29➕WALSH, Alice Rose appointeddirector
- 2012-11-19➖VALAITIS, Peter Anthony resigneddirector
- 2010-11-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ALICE MADE THIS LTD
- 2010-11-23➕VALAITIS, Peter Anthony appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
59/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Mrs Alice Rose Walsh Individual · English · DOB 05/1980 · age 46 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-11-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14190 — SIC 14190
Registered office
Staple Farmhouse Durlock Road
Staple
Canterbury
CT3 1JX
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-01
Last: 2025-11-17
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
WALSH, Alice Rose→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2012-11-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALSH, Edward Michael→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2014-06-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
VALAITIS, Peter Anthony→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · appointed 2010-11-23 · resigned 2012-11-19
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (51 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-28
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-15