ALINE SHAREHOLDERS LIMITED

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09304722 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-11
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
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
27 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-13
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  3. 2025-02-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-02-12
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  5. 2025-01-28
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  6. 2024-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-13
    BUTCHERS, Andrew Mark appointed
    director
  8. 2024-03-25
    AOUAD, Philippe resigned
    director
  9. 2023-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-09-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-12-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2014-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALINE SHAREHOLDERS LIMITED
  19. 2014-11-11
    DEL MARMOL, Xavier Marie Ghislain appointed
    director
  20. 2014-11-11
    AOUAD, Philippe appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — 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 68. 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64999 — Financial intermediation not elsewhere classified

Registered office

83 Fern Road
St. Leonards-On-Sea
East Sussex
TN38 0UP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

BUTCHERS, Andrew Mark
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-04-13
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Active
DEL MARMOL, Xavier Marie Ghislain
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-11-11
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Active
AOUAD, Philippe
director · ~59y · appointed 2014-11-11 · resigned 2024-03-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (27 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-02-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-12
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-12
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26