ALDER DEMAIN & AKERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08787015 · ltd · incorporated 2013-11-22
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees10001100

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-14
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-24
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-04-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2024-04-23
    ➖
    AKERS, Anthony resigned
    director
  6. 2024-04-23
    ➖
    WATSON, Hannah resigned
    director
  7. 2024-01-31
    ➕
    DEMAIN, Terry appointed
    director
  8. 2024-01-31
    ➕
    AKERS, Anthony appointed
    director
  9. 2024-01-31
    ➕
    WATSON, Hannah appointed
    director
  10. 2024-01-31
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2024-01-31
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2024-01-31
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    officers · AP01
  13. 2023-12-01
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2023-03-22
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  15. 2023-03-22
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    capital · SH10
  16. 2022-12-15
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2021-12-21
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    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2018-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  21. 2013-11-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ALDER DEMAIN & AKERS LIMITED
  22. 2013-11-22
    ➕
    ALDER, Brook Edward appointed
    secretary
  23. 2013-11-22
    ➕
    ALDER, Brook Edward appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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 "ALDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 70 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 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 Brook Edward Alder
Individual · British · DOB 10/1956 · age 70
75–100%
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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2013-11-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

2 Michaels Court Hanney Road
Southmoor
Abingdon
Oxfordshire
OX13 5HR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ALDER, Brook Edward→
secretary · appointed 2013-11-22
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Active
ALDER, Brook Edward→
director · ~70y · appointed 2013-11-22
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Active
DEMAIN, Terry→
director · ~51y · appointed 2024-01-31
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Active
AKERS, Anthony→
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-01-31 · resigned 2024-04-23
Resigned
WATSON, Hannah→
director · ~37y · appointed 2024-01-31 · resigned 2024-04-23
Resigned

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Recent filings (41 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-24
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-28
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-31
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-22
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-28