ALBOX SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09548176 · ltd · incorporated 2015-04-17
Investment thesis
Looks cheap but ownership + security both unclear — probable value trap.
Why interesting: Headline metrics may be attractive.
Why risky: No PSC visibility combined with multiple live charges; transacting likely slow and expensive.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 52103
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 7.2y
60/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Not currently profitable — coverage conversation is a harder sell.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
60 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Loss-making
Loss before tax £354,943
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £-354.9k | £-239.0k |
| Average employees | 500 | 500 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-09-05📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-09-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-03📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2024-09-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2024-08-30🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2024-08-30🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Shawbrook Bank Limited
- 2023-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-28📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-01-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-29📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-13📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-26📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2020-02-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-01-31🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Rockpool (Security Trustee) Limited
- 2020-01-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Rockpool (Security Trustee) Limited
- 2017-04-10➕DUCK, Jonathan Matthew appointeddirector
- 2016-03-12➕EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2016-03-12➕NORRIS, Graham appointeddirector
- 2015-04-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBOX SERVICES LIMITED
- 2015-04-17➕PHILLIPS, Thomas Macpherson appointeddirector
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — 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 70+: Senior director is approximately 71 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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9 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
Incorporated2015-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52103 — SIC 52103
Registered office
Seebeck House 1 Seebeck Place
Knowlhill
Milton Keynes
Buckinghamshire
MK5 8FR
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
EMW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Activecorporate-secretary · appointed 2016-03-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DUCK, Jonathan Matthew→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2017-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
NORRIS, Graham→
Activedirector · ~71y · appointed 2016-03-12
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PHILLIPS, Thomas Macpherson→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2015-04-17
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 30/08/2024 | — | |
| outstanding | Shawbrook Shawbrook Bank Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 30/08/2024 | — | |
| satisfied | Rockpool (Security Trustee) Rockpool (Security Trustee) Limited | A registered charge | 2 properties | 31/01/2020 | 03/09/2024 | |
| satisfied | Rockpool (Security Trustee) Rockpool (Security Trustee) Limited | A registered charge | 5 properties | 28/03/2019 | 03/09/2024 |
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Recent filings (60 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-22
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-09-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-03
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-09-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-01-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-20