ALEXANDER WADE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08586250 · ltd · incorporated 2013-06-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
41 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
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees2200

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2024-12-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2024-12-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-12-06
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    officers · CH03
  6. 2024-12-06
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    address · AD01
  7. 2024-09-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-01-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2024-01-22
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2024-01-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2023-08-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-10-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-08-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-12-09
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2013-10-03
    WADE, Sophia Catherine appointed
    director
  19. 2013-06-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEXANDER WADE LIMITED
  20. 2013-06-26
    WADE, Alexander Richard Jason appointed
    secretary
  21. 2013-06-26
    WADE, Alexander Richard Jason appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WADE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alexander Richard Jason Wade
Individual · British · DOB 08/1971 · age 55
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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

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6 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
Incorporated2013-06-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

C/O Sobell Rhodes Llp The Kinetic Centre
Theobald Street
Elstree, Borehamwood
Hertfordshire
WD6 4PJ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

WADE, Alexander Richard Jason
secretary · appointed 2013-06-26
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Active
WADE, Alexander Richard Jason
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-06-26
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Active
WADE, Sophia Catherine
director · ~54y · appointed 2013-10-03
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Active

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Recent filings (41 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-12-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-12-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-12-06
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-22
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-05