ALAN JAMES & ASSOCIATES LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 600 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-08-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-06-19📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-06-19✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2017-06-15📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2017-06-15✏️change-of-name-noticechange-of-name · CONNOT
- 2017-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-02-14➖EDWARDS, Keith Geoffrey resigneddirector
- 2011-07-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ALAN JAMES & ASSOCIATES LIMITED
- 2011-07-14➕JAMES, Alan Graham appointeddirector
- 2011-07-14➕EDWARDS, Keith Geoffrey appointeddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "JAMES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alan Graham James Individual · British · DOB 02/1958 · age 68 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board controlsig. influence75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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