ALPH L & C LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08854133 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-21
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
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
43 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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

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Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-19
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  2. 2024-12-21
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  3. 2023-12-13
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  4. 2023-01-05
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  5. 2022-12-21
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  6. 2021-12-11
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  7. 2021-01-11
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-01-22
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    POOL, Neil Allan appointed
    director
  9. 2020-01-22
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  10. 2020-01-22
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  11. 2020-01-22
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    officers · TM01
  12. 2019-12-31
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    WATERHOUSE, Jane Louise resigned
    director
  13. 2019-12-31
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  14. 2019-05-31
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  15. 2019-05-14
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  16. 2019-05-13
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    ESSEX LAW LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2019-01-31
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    address · AD01
  18. 2018-12-12
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  19. 2018-01-02
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  20. 2016-11-24
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    ANYTHING BUSINESS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2016-08-10
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    POOL, Neil Allan resigned
    director
  22. 2016-08-10
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    WATERHOUSE, Jane Louise appointed
    director
  23. 2014-12-23
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    ANYTHING BUSINESS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2014-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPH L & C LIMITED
  25. 2014-01-21
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    BLOWERS, Jane appointed
    director
  26. 2014-01-21
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    POOL, Neil Allan 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 65 — 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 65. 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 12 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 Neil Allan Pool
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence · firm interest31/12/2019
Mrs Jane Blowers
Individual · English · DOB 11/1971 · age 55
25–50%
—25-50% shares07/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Jane Louise Waterhouseceased 31/12/2019· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2014-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

Unit 16 Clacton Enterprise Centre
1-2 Davy Road, Gorse Lane Industrial Estate
Clacton-On-Sea
Essex
CO15 4XD
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-19
Last: 2026-01-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ESSEX LAW LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-05-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLOWERS, Jane→
director · ~55y · appointed 2014-01-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POOL, Neil Allan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2020-01-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANYTHING BUSINESS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-12-23 · resigned 2016-11-24
Resigned
POOL, Neil Allan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-01-21 · resigned 2016-08-10
Resigned
WATERHOUSE, Jane Louise→
director · ~72y · appointed 2016-08-10 · resigned 2019-12-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (43 total)

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2026-01-06
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2025-11-19
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2025-01-16
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2024-12-21
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2024-01-16
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accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-01-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23
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2021-01-11
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-01-30
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officers · AP01
2020-01-22