ALTON POWER (2014) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

09207867 · ltd · incorporated 2014-09-08

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

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

—

year to Sept 2024

Net worth

£38.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 35110

Sector: Electricity, gas & energy

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 11.7y

85/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 11.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 6 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

41 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £38,741

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£39k

↑ 157% YoY

Current Assets

£51k

↓ 8.3% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-09-30	2023-09-30
Total assets	£562.2k	£638.6k
Current assets	£51.1k	£55.8k
Debtors	—	£55.8k
Net assets	£38.7k	£-67.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2025-08-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-27
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2024-11-26
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2024-08-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-01
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-11-30
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-11-25
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officers · TM01
2021-06-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
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administrative-restoration-company
restoration · RT01
2021-03-30
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gazette-dissolved-compulsory
gazette · GAZ2
2020-12-29
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2020-06-30
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BENNION, John William resigned
director
2020-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2019-09-24
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2019-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-03
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gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2019-01-22
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gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2014-10-24
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2014-09-08
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Company incorporated
As ALTON POWER (2014) LIMITED
2014-09-08
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BENNION, Angus William appointed
secretary
2014-09-08
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BENNION, Angela Jane appointed
director
2014-09-08
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BENNION, Angus William appointed
director
2014-09-08
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BENNION, Julian Howard appointed
director
2014-09-08
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BENNION, Rupert John appointed
director
2014-09-08
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ODELL, Lucinda Mary appointed
director
2014-09-08
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BENNION, John William 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

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 84 — 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 84 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Angus William Bennion Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	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

Incorporated2014-09-08

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC35110 — SIC 35110

Registered office

22 High Street

Packington

Ashby-De-La-Zouch

Leicestershire

LE65 1WH

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-06-30

Last made up to: 2024-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-22

Last: 2025-09-08