A-LINE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

08966811 · ltd · incorporated 2014-03-31

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 Jun 2025

Net worth

£100.1k

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

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: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

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

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

28 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Positive net assets

Net assets £100,138

Net assets shrinking

Down £10,106 YoY

Cash YoY

+703%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£6k

↑ 703% YoY

Net Worth

£100k

↓ 9.2% YoY

Current Assets

£6k

↑ 703% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£108.1k	£110.2k
Current assets	£5.9k	£730
Cash	£5.9k	£730
Net assets	£100.1k	£110.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand

2026-03-05
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2025-01-30
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2023-12-08
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2023-01-25
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2022-01-18
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2021-01-19
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2019-12-12
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2019-02-26
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2019-02-26
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2018-10-05
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2018-01-23
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2016-04-05
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2014-03-31
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Company incorporated
As A-LINE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2014-03-31
➕
YATES-WARD, Clare appointed
director
2014-03-31
➕
YATES-WARD, Shaun appointed
director

Owner dependency

79/100

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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 12 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Shaun Yates Ward Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2014-03-31

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

12 Payton Street

Stratford-Upon-Avon

CV37 6UA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-14

Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

YATES-WARD, Clare→

director · ~62y · appointed 2014-03-31

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YATES-WARD, Shaun→

director · ~56y · appointed 2014-03-31

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