A.L. WARING PROPERTIES LTD

🌳Matureactive

08941097 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-17

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

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

£932

book net assets

Opportunity

73/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other building completion and finishing

Sector: Construction

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle 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: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

35 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

73/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Some acquirability indicators.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Positive net assets

Net assets £932

Net assets shrinking

Down £924 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£932

↓ 50% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Total assets	£932	£1.9k
Current assets	—	£300
Net assets	£932	£1.9k

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

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-12-31
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accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-20
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accounts · AA
2022-12-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-09-03
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-07-23
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-07-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-07-23
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officers · AP01
2020-07-23
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officers · AP01
2020-07-22
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WARING, Ashley James appointed
director
2020-07-22
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WARING, Lee appointed
director
2020-07-22
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WARING, Justin resigned
director
2020-07-22
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-07-22
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officers · TM01
2020-05-20
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accounts · AA
2019-06-24
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2019-06-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-05-31
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WARING, Lee resigned
director
2019-04-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-04-06
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WARING, Lee appointed
director
2014-03-17
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Company incorporated
As A.L. WARING PROPERTIES LTD
2014-03-17
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WARING, Justin 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 "WARING" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100

Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS

secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Ashley James Waring Individual · British · DOB 08/1986 · age 40	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/07/2020
Mr Lee Waring Individual · British · DOB 12/1975 · age 51	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	22/07/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Justin Waringceased 22/07/2020· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2014-03-17

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC43390 — Other building completion and finishing

Registered office

28 Bagdale

Whitby

North Yorkshire

YO21 1QL

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-26

Last: 2026-04-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WARING, Ashley James→

director · ~40y · appointed 2020-07-22

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Active

WARING, Lee→

director · ~51y · appointed 2020-07-22

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Active

WARING, Justin→

director · ~55y · appointed 2014-03-17 · resigned 2020-07-22

Resigned

WARING, Lee→

director · ~51y · appointed 2019-04-06 · resigned 2019-05-31

Resigned

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