ALAURO LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09205796 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-05
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 11.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (61/100)

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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
21 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
38 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-10-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-08-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2022-08-19
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2022-08-15
    ➕
    BOWLES, David Charles appointed
    director
  9. 2022-08-15
    ➖
    WEBB, Michael William resigned
    director
  10. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-01-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-04-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  14. 2019-04-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2019-03-29
    ➖
    MACKAY, James Anthony resigned
    director
  16. 2019-03-29
    ➕
    WEBB, Michael William appointed
    director
  17. 2018-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2018-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  19. 2017-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2017-02-23
    📄
    change-corporate-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH04
  21. 2016-04-07
    ➕
    MACKAY, James Anthony appointed
    director
  22. 2016-02-24
    ➖
    REAMES, David Peter resigned
    director
  23. 2014-09-26
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Certain Other Persons
  24. 2014-09-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALAURO LIMITED
  25. 2014-09-05
    ➕
    ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2014-09-05
    ➕
    JONES, Roger Anthony appointed
    director
  27. 2014-09-05
    ➕
    APCL CORPORATE DIRECTOR NO.1 LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2014-09-05
    ➕
    APCL CORPORATE DIRECTOR NO.2 LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  29. 2014-09-05
    ➕
    REAMES, David Peter appointed
    director

Owner dependency

78/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Roger Anthony Jones
Individual · British · DOB 11/1949 · age 77
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2014-09-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

5th Floor 70 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V 0XL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last: 2025-09-16

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

ARGENTA SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2014-09-05
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Active
BOWLES, David Charles→
director · ~58y · appointed 2022-08-15
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Active
JONES, Roger Anthony→
director · ~77y · appointed 2014-09-05
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Active
APCL CORPORATE DIRECTOR NO.1 LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2014-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
APCL CORPORATE DIRECTOR NO.2 LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2014-09-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACKAY, James Anthony→
director · ~57y · appointed 2016-04-07 · resigned 2019-03-29
Resigned
REAMES, David Peter→
director · ~58y · appointed 2014-09-05 · resigned 2016-02-24
Resigned
WEBB, Michael William→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-03-29 · resigned 2022-08-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Certain Other Persons / The Bodies / The Beneficiaries / Lloyd’S
A registered charge1 property26/09/2014—
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Recent filings (38 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-19
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-18