ALCESTER COACH HOUSE LTD

🌳Matureactive
08605104 · ltd · incorporated 2013-07-11
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 Dec 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees00

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
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-05
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  12. 2018-01-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2018-01-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2017-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-08-15
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    WESTWOOD, Lee resigned
    director
  16. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2013-07-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALCESTER COACH HOUSE LTD
  18. 2013-07-11
    ➕
    BERWICK, Warren Steven appointed
    director
  19. 2013-07-11
    ➕
    HART, Timothy appointed
    director
  20. 2013-07-11
    ➕
    WESTWOOD, Lee appointed
    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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Timothy Hart
Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016
Mr Warren Steven Berwick
Individual · British · DOB 09/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Lee Westwoodceased 13/12/2017· 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
Incorporated2013-07-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors

Registered office

Kinwarton House
Captains Hill
Alcester
Warwickshire
B49 6HA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BERWICK, Warren Steven→
director · ~60y · appointed 2013-07-11
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Active
HART, Timothy→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-07-11
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Active
WESTWOOD, Lee→
director · ~55y · appointed 2013-07-11 · resigned 2017-08-15
Resigned

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Recent filings (33 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-25