ALBIN & CO. LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
08355111 · ltd · incorporated 2013-01-10
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 8.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 8.3y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 8.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1900 | 2500 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
- 2025-08-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-13➕MCMASTER, Velma Cathrine appointeddirector
- 2025-08-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2024-08-16📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2024-04-05📄second-filing-cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC07
- 2024-03-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC08
- 2024-03-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-19📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-19🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-02-23📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-02-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-12-14📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-12-13➖WOOD, Sally Louise resigneddirector
- 2023-12-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-08-09➖ALBIN, Christopher resigneddirector
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-06-30➖YUILLE, Jeremy Robert Thomas resigneddirector
- 2022-06-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-06-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-05-20➕BRYMER, Catherine Helen appointeddirector
- 2022-05-20➕WOOD, Sally Louise appointeddirector
- 2022-01-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-08-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2013-01-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBIN & CO. LIMITED
- 2013-01-10➕ALBIN, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2013-01-10➕YUILLE, Jeremy Robert Thomas appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Cbrymer Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Cbrymer Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALBIN & CO. LIMITED
This company · 08355111
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%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Cbrymer Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 24/07/2024 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Catherine Helen Brymerceased 23/02/2024· significant influence
- Christopher Albinceased 09/08/2023· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-01-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors
Registered office
46a West Street
Reading
Berkshire
RG1 1TZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-24
Last: 2026-01-10
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
BRYMER, Catherine Helen→
Activedirector · ~44y · appointed 2022-05-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCMASTER, Velma Cathrine→
Activedirector · ~78y · appointed 2025-08-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALBIN, Christopher→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2013-01-10 · resigned 2023-08-09
WOOD, Sally Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~57y · appointed 2022-05-20 · resigned 2023-12-13
YUILLE, Jeremy Robert Thomas→
Resigneddirector · ~53y · appointed 2013-01-10 · resigned 2022-06-30
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 07/03/2018 | 19/03/2024 |
Recent filings (44 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-13
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-08-16
withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
2024-08-16
second-filing-cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC07
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2024-03-28
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-03-27
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-23
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-02-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-12-14