ALFA COMMODITIES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07981273 · ltd · incorporated 2012-03-08
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 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£90.30M
year to Jun 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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: strategic trade sale (80/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 6.0y

95/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £2,427,555
Turnover YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Turnover£90.30M£81.15M
Gross profit£2.49M£1.93M
Operating profit£2.44M£1.88M
Profit before tax£2.43M£2.31M
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-24
    MANN, Roddy Ashley resigned
    director
  3. 2025-06-24
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2025-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-21
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  6. 2024-03-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2024-03-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-02-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  9. 2024-02-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  10. 2023-03-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-10-13
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  12. 2022-09-29
    📄
    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  13. 2022-05-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2022-01-19
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2022-01-19
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2021-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-05-12
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  18. 2020-06-16
    📄
    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  19. 2020-06-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 2020-05-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  21. 2019-10-14
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  22. 2019-09-05
    FALENI, Gabriel Antonio resigned
    director
  23. 2019-07-01
    ALLAN, Peter Robert appointed
    director
  24. 2019-07-01
    FALENI, Gabriel Antonio appointed
    director
  25. 2015-02-06
    LAW, Charles Victor Colton resigned
    director
  26. 2013-05-01
    MANN, Roddy Ashley appointed
    director
  27. 2013-05-01
    WADLOW, Brian Thomas resigned
    director
  28. 2012-12-18
    LAW, Charles Victor Colton appointed
    director
  29. 2012-03-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALFA COMMODITIES LIMITED
  30. 2012-03-08
    WADLOW, Brian Thomas appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

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

Group structure

Ashley Group Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ashley Group Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ALFA COMMODITIES LIMITED
This company · 07981273

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ashley Group Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/11/2021
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Christopher Ashley Mannceased 01/11/2021· 75-100% shares

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

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2012-03-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66120 — Security and commodity contracts dealing activities

Registered office

5th Floor 2 London Bridge
London
SE1 9RA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

ALLAN, Peter Robert
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-07-01
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Active
FALENI, Gabriel Antonio
director · ~44y · appointed 2019-07-01 · resigned 2019-09-05
Resigned
LAW, Charles Victor Colton
director · ~42y · appointed 2012-12-18 · resigned 2015-02-06
Resigned
MANN, Roddy Ashley
director · ~41y · appointed 2013-05-01 · resigned 2025-06-24
Resigned
WADLOW, Brian Thomas
director · ~91y · appointed 2012-03-08 · resigned 2013-05-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge10/06/202005/02/2024

Recent filings (53 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-26
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-03-21
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-10-13
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2022-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-05-30