ALFA WATERPROOFING SYSTEMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
09411875 · ltd · incorporated 2015-01-29
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
53 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-31
Average employees0

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-10-31
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    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-10-31
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  4. 2025-10-01
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  5. 2024-10-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  6. 2023-10-27
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  7. 2022-10-24
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  8. 2022-07-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-07-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2022-07-21
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  11. 2022-07-21
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  12. 2022-07-21
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    address · AD01
  13. 2022-07-21
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    officers · CH01
  14. 2022-01-31
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
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  15. 2022-01-31
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-11-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  17. 2021-11-23
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  18. 2021-11-23
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2021-10-29
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    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-07-30
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  21. 2021-06-30
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    SMITH, Teresa Helen resigned
    director
  22. 2019-09-12
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    SMITH, Nicholas Frederick appointed
    director
  23. 2015-01-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ALFA WATERPROOFING SYSTEMS LTD
  24. 2015-01-29
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    SMITH, John Vivian appointed
    director
  25. 2015-01-29
    ➕
    SMITH, Teresa Helen appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Nicholas Frederick Smith
Individual · British · DOB 12/1986 · age 40
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting22/11/2021
Mr John Vivian Smith
Individual · British · DOB 03/1955 · age 71
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Teresa Smithceased 30/06/2021· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2015-01-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130

Registered office

Downsview House
141 - 143 Station Road East
Oxted
Surrey
RH8 0QE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-12
Last: 2026-01-29

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

SMITH, John Vivian→
director · ~71y · appointed 2015-01-29
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Nicholas Frederick→
director · ~40y · appointed 2019-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SMITH, Teresa Helen→
director · ~65y · appointed 2015-01-29 · resigned 2021-06-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-04
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accounts · AA01
2025-10-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
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accounts · AA
2024-10-02
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2024-02-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
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accounts · AA
2022-10-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-21
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2022-07-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-07-21
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officers · CH01
2022-07-21