ALIGANT HOMES LTD
💤Zombieactive
09331932 · ltd · incorporated 2014-11-28
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.8y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
47 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
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 0 | 0 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-11-12➖MCELHOLM, Catherine Jane Mary resigneddirector
- 2025-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-04📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-01📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-21📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-10-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2020-10-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-10-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-08-12➕MCELHOLM, Bernard Patrick appointeddirector
- 2020-08-12➖MCELHOLM, Alice Margaret resigneddirector
- 2020-08-12➖MCELHOLM, Bernard Patrick resigneddirector
- 2020-08-12➕MCELHOLM, Catherine Jane Mary appointeddirector
- 2020-08-12➖MCELHOLM, Thomas Desmond resigneddirector
- 2015-10-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Warmflame Limited
- 2014-11-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ALIGANT HOMES LTD
- 2014-11-28➕MCELHOLM, Alice Margaret appointeddirector
- 2014-11-28➕MCELHOLM, Bernard Patrick appointeddirector
- 2014-11-28➕MCELHOLM, Thomas Desmond appointeddirector
Owner dependency
90/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
65/100
Strong succession signalMultiple 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.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Catherine Jane Mary Mcelholm Individual · British · DOB 02/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/08/2020 |
Mr Bernard Patrick Mcelholm Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 12/08/2020 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Thomas Desmond Mcelholmceased 12/08/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Miss Alice Margaret Mcelholmceased 12/08/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Bernard Patrick Mcelholmceased 12/08/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A & M KITCHEN AND JOINERY INSTALLATIONS LTD→ 05942240 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 19y | — | — |
| A L ROOFLINE LTD→ 16790449 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A.M MANAGMENT LTD→ 15691936 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ADFLOOR INDUSTRIAL LIMITED→ 03530105 · est 1998 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 28y | — | — |
| AGRADE WINDOWS AND DOORS LTD→ 13523962 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| AGS BRICKWORK LIMITED→ 13001220 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AKJ & SONS BUILDING SERVICES LIMITED→ 13879177 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ALBANY 1 LTD→ 13206828 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| ALBION OAK LTD→ 14471270 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ALBION SCAFFOLDING LIMITED→ 10183494 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
| ALDUBAI TM LTD→ 15262134 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ALL BUILDING & WINDOWS LIMITED→ 12489685 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2014-11-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
Swinford House
Albion Street
Brierley Hill
West Midlands
DY5 3EE
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-12
Last: 2025-11-28
Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)
MCELHOLM, Bernard Patrick→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2020-08-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCELHOLM, Alice Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~33y · appointed 2014-11-28 · resigned 2020-08-12
MCELHOLM, Bernard Patrick→
Resigneddirector · ~36y · appointed 2014-11-28 · resigned 2020-08-12
MCELHOLM, Catherine Jane Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2020-08-12 · resigned 2025-11-12
MCELHOLM, Thomas Desmond→
Resigneddirector · ~31y · appointed 2014-11-28 · resigned 2020-08-12
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Warmflame Warmflame Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/10/2015 | — |
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Recent filings (47 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-13
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2024-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-18
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2020-10-21