ALS LABS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
07578931 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-25
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 3.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.65M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28290
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 43390Other building completion and finishing
- 80200Security systems service activities
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 3.7y
75/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Charge age ~3.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
45 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £1,651,780
Cash YoY
+121%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.0m
↑ 121% YoY
Net Worth
£1.7m
↑ 10.0% YoY
Current Assets
£1.5m
↑ 3.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.66M | £1.51M |
| Current assets | £1.51M | £1.47M |
| Cash | £1.01M | £457.6k |
| Debtors | £449.4k | £904.9k |
| Net assets | £1.65M | £1.50M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-11-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2022-11-02🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2022-11-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2022-10-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-10-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-10-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-04-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-04-03📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-04-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-04-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-04-06➕SPRAWLING, Lynne Ellen appointeddirector
- 2011-03-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ALS LABS LIMITED
- 2011-03-25➕SPRAWLING, Lynne Ellen appointedsecretary
- 2011-03-25➕SPRAWLING, Gary Robert appointeddirector
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
79/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Sprawling Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Sprawling Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ALS LABS LIMITED
This company · 07578931
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Sprawling Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 11/07/2022 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Gary Robert Sprawlingceased 11/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mrs Lynne Ellen Sprawlingceased 11/07/2022· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28290 — SIC 28290
Registered office
Sutherland House
1759 London Road
Leigh On Sea
Essex
SS9 2RZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
SPRAWLING, Lynne Ellen→
Activesecretary · appointed 2011-03-25
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SPRAWLING, Gary Robert→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2011-03-25
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SPRAWLING, Lynne Ellen→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2014-04-06
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/11/2022 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 02/11/2022 | — |
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Recent filings (45 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-03
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2022-10-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2022-10-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-15