ALAN THOMPSON MOTOR ENGINEERS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09144538 · ltd · incorporated 2014-07-23
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (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 (73/100).

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
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 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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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Apr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Average employees1000700

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-01-20
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  3. 2025-01-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  4. 2025-01-20
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2025-01-17
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2025-01-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-01-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-07-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  10. 2022-07-14
    ➕
    CARRINGTON, Stephen James appointed
    director
  11. 2022-05-20
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-01-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2021-01-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-06-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  16. 2020-06-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  17. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-04-30
    ➖
    THOMPSON, Michele resigned
    director
  20. 2014-07-23
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALAN THOMPSON MOTOR ENGINEERS LTD
  21. 2014-07-23
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Alan Edward appointed
    director
  22. 2014-07-23
    ➕
    THOMPSON, Michele 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 "THOMPSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
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.
  • 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 Alan Edward Thompson
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Michelle Thompsonceased 30/04/2018· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control · significant influence

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
Incorporated2014-07-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

F38 & F39 Cheadle Place Stockport Road
Cheadle
Cheshire
SK8 2GL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-06
Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

CARRINGTON, Stephen James→
director · ~42y · appointed 2022-07-14
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Active
THOMPSON, Alan Edward→
director · ~65y · appointed 2014-07-23
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Active
THOMPSON, Michele→
director · ~64y · appointed 2014-07-23 · resigned 2018-04-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (36 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-01-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-01-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-07-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-26