ALAN KNOX LTD

🌳Matureactive
08242528 · ltd · incorporated 2012-10-05
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
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year to Oct 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

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

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-10-312024-10-31
Average employees600800

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
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filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2024-05-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2024-05-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  8. 2024-05-01
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2024-05-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2024-05-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-04-30
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    HARRISON, Christopher appointed
    director
  12. 2024-04-30
    ➕
    PATON, Gordon Alexander appointed
    director
  13. 2024-04-30
    ➖
    KNOX, Alan Bell resigned
    director
  14. 2024-04-30
    ➖
    KNOX, Sara Elizabeth resigned
    director
  15. 2023-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-06-22
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    KNOX, Sara Elizabeth appointed
    director
  19. 2020-06-22
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  20. 2020-02-17
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  21. 2020-02-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2019-11-19
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  23. 2019-05-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2012-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAN KNOX LTD
  25. 2012-10-05
    ➕
    KNOX, Alan Bell appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

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

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Alan Knox Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ALAN KNOX LTD
This company · 08242528

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
Alan Knox Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting30/04/2024
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Sara Elizabeth Knoxceased 30/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
  • Mr Alan Bell Knoxceased 30/04/2024· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2012-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

71-75 Shelton Street
Covent Garden
London
WC2H 9JQ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-07-31
Last made up to: 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-19
Last: 2025-10-05

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HARRISON, Christopher→
director · ~38y · appointed 2024-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATON, Gordon Alexander→
director · ~41y · appointed 2024-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KNOX, Alan Bell→
director · ~66y · appointed 2012-10-05 · resigned 2024-04-30
Resigned
KNOX, Sara Elizabeth→
director · ~55y · appointed 2020-06-22 · resigned 2024-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-05-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-05-01
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-05-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-05