ALKEN SYSTEMS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
09716579 · ltd · incorporated 2015-08-04
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 10.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£2.17M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
- 71129Other engineering activities
- 72190Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 10.5y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 3 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
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,165,615
Cash YoY
+26%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1.5m
↑ 26% YoY
Net Worth
£2.2m
↑ 19% YoY
Current Assets
£2.4m
↑ 14% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.47M | £2.12M |
| Current assets | £2.35M | £2.07M |
| Cash | £1.51M | £1.20M |
| Debtors | £717.2k | £735.8k |
| Net assets | £2.17M | £1.82M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 resolution
- • 1 capital
Last 180 days
9
filings
- • 6 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 resolution
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-04-18📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-04-18📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-04-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2026-04-09📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-04-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-04-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-12-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-29📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2024-05-31➖SYMONS, Michael Charles resigneddirector
- 2024-05-31📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2024-05-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-01📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-11-11📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-11-10📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-11-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-10📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-11-10📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2022-11-10📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2022-07-01➕SYMONS, Michael Charles appointeddirector
- 2019-06-12➕WYATT, Paula Louise appointeddirector
- 2016-01-27🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2015-08-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ALKEN SYSTEMS LIMITED
- 2015-08-04➕COVERLEY, Paul appointeddirector
- 2015-08-04➕WYATT, Giles Gabriel Stanford appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
45/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
Alken Systems Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Alken Systems Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALKEN SYSTEMS LIMITED
This company · 09716579
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alken Systems Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 08/04/2026 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Coverley Holdings Limitedceased 08/04/2026· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Giles Gabriel Stanford Wyattceased 08/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Alken Engineering Holdings Limitedceased 02/04/2026· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
- Mr Giles Gabriel Stanford Wyattceased 07/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2015-08-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71121 — Engineering design activities for industrial process and production
Registered office
Unit 3 Thornsett Trading Estate
Birch Vale
High Peak
Derbyshire
SK22 1AH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-18
Last: 2025-08-04
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
COVERLEY, Paul→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2015-08-04
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WYATT, Giles Gabriel Stanford→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2015-08-04
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WYATT, Paula Louise→
Activedirector · ~53y · appointed 2019-06-12
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SYMONS, Michael Charles→
Resigneddirector · ~58y · appointed 2022-07-01 · resigned 2024-05-31
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 27/01/2016 | — |
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Recent filings (54 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-26
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-04-18
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-04-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2026-04-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-09
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2026-04-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-08-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-05-31