AFRICAN ALPHA INVESTMENT PARTNERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07538668 · ltd · incorporated 2011-02-22
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
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
£57.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
39 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £57,553
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,382 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£58k
↓ 5.6% YoY
Current Assets
£81k
↓ 9.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£18k£36k£54k£72k£90kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£61.1k£72.8k
Current assets£81.0k£89.6k
Net assets£57.6k£60.9k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-06
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2022-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-07-29
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2019-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-04
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    officers · AP03
  11. 2018-08-16
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    BOYD, Shanne appointed
    secretary
  12. 2018-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-12-01
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2017-07-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-02-29
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2014-03-11
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    BOYD, Shanne resigned
    secretary
  18. 2012-10-31
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    KOEN, Bradley James appointed
    director
  19. 2011-02-22
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    Company incorporated
    As AFRICAN ALPHA INVESTMENT PARTNERS LIMITED
  20. 2011-02-22
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    BOYD, Rupert James appointed
    director
  21. 2011-02-22
    ➕
    BOYD, Shanne appointed
    secretary

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 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Rupert James Boyd
Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/02/2017
Mr Bradley James Koen
Individual · British · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
25–50%
—25-50% shares22/02/2017

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
Incorporated2011-02-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

Suite 1 Kille House
Chinnor Road
Thame
Oxon
OX9 3NU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

BOYD, Shanne→
secretary · appointed 2018-08-16
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Active
BOYD, Rupert James→
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-02-22
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Active
KOEN, Bradley James→
director · ~64y · appointed 2012-10-31
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Active
BOYD, Shanne→
secretary · appointed 2011-02-22 · resigned 2014-03-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-06-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-24