ALINCO SERVICES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

08073301 · ltd · incorporated 2012-05-17

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2026

Net worth

£458.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -80% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

32 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £458,754

Net assets shrinking

Down £22,968 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 80% YoY

Cash YoY

-80%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£11k

↓ 80% YoY

Net Worth

£459k

↓ 4.8% YoY

Current Assets

£452k

~ YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-03-31	2025-03-31
Total assets	£458.8k	£481.7k
Current assets	£451.5k	£451.4k
Cash	£11.3k	£55.2k
Debtors	£440.2k	£396.2k
Net assets	£458.8k	£481.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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3 signals 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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand

2026-05-26
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2025-05-02
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2024-05-13
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2023-06-12
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2022-07-01
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2021-09-27
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2020-10-21
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2019-09-11
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2019-09-11
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2019-09-09
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2018-09-20
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2017-09-15
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2016-09-08
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2016-08-30
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2016-05-20
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Company incorporated
As ALINCO SERVICES LIMITED
2012-05-17
➕
GORDON, Alan George, Mr. appointed
director

Owner dependency

95/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
+No director turnover: Company is 14 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr. Alan George Gordon Individual · British · DOB 03/1961 · age 65	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	17/05/2017

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

Incorporated2012-05-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

6 High Street

Wheathampstead

St. Albans

Herts

AL4 8AA

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-12-31

Last made up to: 2026-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

GORDON, Alan George, Mr.→

director · ~65y · appointed 2012-05-17

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Active

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Recent filings (32 total)

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accounts · AA

2026-05-26

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2026-05-20

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-06-18

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accounts · AA

2025-05-02

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-05-28

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accounts · AA

2024-05-13

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accounts · AA

2023-06-12

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-05-23

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accounts · AA

2022-07-01

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-05-30

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accounts · AA

2021-09-27

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confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-05-24

accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged

accounts · AA

2020-10-21

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-06-01

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officers · CH01

2019-09-11