ALAN DONALD & COMPANY LTD

💤Zombieactive

09068172 · ltd · incorporated 2014-06-03

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£61.8k

book net assets

Opportunity

78/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Sector: Financial & insurance

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

33 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

78/100Strong

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 £61,798

Cash YoY

-12%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£69k

↓ 12% YoY

Net Worth

£62k

↑ 2.3% YoY

Current Assets

£69k

↓ 12% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-10-31	2024-10-31
Total assets	£61.8k	£60.4k
Current assets	£69.3k	£78.7k
Cash	£69.3k	£78.7k
Net assets	£61.8k	£60.4k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-03-10
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2025-03-04
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2024-03-21
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2022-11-25
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2021-11-23
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2020-11-30
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2019-12-09
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2018-11-13
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2017-11-23
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2016-11-17
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accounts · AA
2016-06-15
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2015-12-11
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2015-06-05
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2014-11-26
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accounts · AA
2014-10-09
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2014-06-25
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capital · SH01
2014-06-04
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DONALD, Janis Kathleen appointed
secretary
2014-06-04
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DONALD, Janis Kathleen resigned
director
2014-06-03
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Company incorporated
As ALAN DONALD & COMPANY LTD
2014-06-03
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DONALD, Alan Stewart appointed
director
2014-06-03
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2014-06-03
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LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2014-06-03
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COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur appointed
director
2014-06-03
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COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur resigned
director
2014-06-03
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DONALD, Janis Kathleen appointed
director

Owner dependency

100/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "DONALD" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Alan Stewart Donald Individual · British · DOB 07/1951 · age 75	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	06/04/2016
Mrs Janis Kathleen Donald Individual · British · DOB 08/1954 · age 72	25–50%	—	25-50% 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

Incorporated2014-06-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

5 Ash Road

Tring

Hertfordshire

HP23 4JB

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-07-31

Last made up to: 2025-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-06-17

Last: 2025-06-03

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DONALD, Janis Kathleen→

secretary · appointed 2014-06-04

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Active

DONALD, Alan Stewart→

director · ~75y · appointed 2014-06-03

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Active

LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-06-03 · resigned 2014-06-03

Resigned

COWDRY, John Jeremy Arthur→

director · ~82y · appointed 2014-06-03 · resigned 2014-06-03

Resigned

DONALD, Janis Kathleen→

director · ~72y · appointed 2014-06-03 · resigned 2014-06-04

Resigned

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