ALPHA ENGRAVING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09183441 · ltd · incorporated 2014-08-20
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£5.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -43% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
34 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £5,903
Net assets shrinking
Down £42,399 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 43% YoY
Cash YoY
-43%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£29k
↓ 43% YoY
Net Worth
£6k
↓ 88% YoY
Current Assets
£145k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£32k£65k£97k£130k£162kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£5.9k£48.3k
Current assets£145.5k£162.4k
Cash£29.4k£51.5k
Debtors£80.6k£76.9k
Net assets£5.9k£48.3k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-22
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  2. 2024-06-10
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  3. 2023-05-25
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  4. 2022-06-07
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  5. 2021-05-13
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  6. 2020-06-29
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  7. 2019-04-30
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  8. 2018-04-06
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  9. 2017-08-18
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  10. 2017-08-18
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  11. 2017-08-18
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  12. 2017-06-21
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  13. 2017-05-11
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    capital · SH01
  14. 2017-05-02
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    CARTER, Leon James appointed
    director
  15. 2017-05-02
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    MARSDEN, Stuart John appointed
    director
  16. 2014-09-22
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    MASHEDER, Maureen appointed
    director
  17. 2014-08-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA ENGRAVING LIMITED
  18. 2014-08-20
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    MASHEDER, William Roger appointed
    director

Owner dependency

63/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr William Roger Masheder
Individual · British · DOB 08/1951 · age 75
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting01/07/2016
Mrs Maureen Masheder
Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting02/05/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Leon James Carterceased 02/05/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2014-08-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Unit 4 Southgate
Morecambe
Lancashire
LA3 3PB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-06-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-20
Last: 2025-12-06

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CARTER, Leon James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2017-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MARSDEN, Stuart John→
director · ~46y · appointed 2017-05-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASHEDER, Maureen→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-09-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MASHEDER, William Roger→
director · ~75y · appointed 2014-08-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (34 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-06-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-25