ALUM GARTH MINERALS LTD

🌳Matureactive

08223959 · ltd · incorporated 2012-09-21

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

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£7.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 08990

Sector: Mining & quarrying

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

34 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

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 · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £7,899

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£8k

↑ 17% YoY

Current Assets

£13k

↑ 11% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£7.9k	£6.7k
Current assets	£13.3k	£11.9k
Net assets	£7.9k	£6.7k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand

2026-01-23
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officers · AP01
2025-12-16
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SPINK, Stephanie Frances appointed
director
2025-12-11
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officers · CH01
2025-12-04
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2025-06-27
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2024-04-11
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2023-06-30
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2022-06-29
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2021-04-30
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2020-03-31
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2019-04-11
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accounts · AA
2018-04-27
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2017-05-19
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2016-06-16
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2015-10-14
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2015-04-21
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2012-09-21
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Company incorporated
As ALUM GARTH MINERALS LTD
2012-09-21
➕
EMAD, Farhad, Dr appointed
director
2012-09-21
➕
SPINK, Stephanie Frances appointed
director
2012-09-21
➖
SPINK, Stephanie Frances resigned
director
2012-09-21
➕
SPINK, Stephanie Frances appointed
director
2012-09-21
➖
SPINK, Stephanie Frances resigned
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

+Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Dr Farhad Emad Individual · British · DOB 10/1954 · age 72	—	—	board controlboard control	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2012-09-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC08990 — SIC 08990

Registered office

28 Bagdale

Whitby

North Yorkshire

YO21 1QL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-05

Last: 2025-09-21

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

EMAD, Farhad, Dr→

director · ~72y · appointed 2012-09-21

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Active

SPINK, Stephanie Frances→

director · ~75y · appointed 2025-12-16

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Active

SPINK, Stephanie Frances→

director · ~45y · appointed 2012-09-21 · resigned 2012-09-21

Resigned

SPINK, Stephanie Frances→

director · ~75y · appointed 2012-09-21 · resigned 2012-09-21

Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

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officers · AP01

2026-01-23

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officers · CH01

2025-12-11