ALEA RISK LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09818976 · ltd · incorporated 2015-10-12
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
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
33 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2023-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-03-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-03-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2021-03-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-08-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2017-12-11
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  17. 2017-11-08
    WIBBERLEY, Charlotte Elizabeth appointed
    director
  18. 2015-10-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEA RISK LIMITED
  19. 2015-10-12
    WIBBERLEY, Andrew appointed
    director

Owner dependency

71/100
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.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 11 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

41/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Wibberley
Individual · British · DOB 07/1978 · age 48
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/10/2016

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
Incorporated2015-10-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66290 — Other activities auxiliary to insurance and pension funding

Registered office

Office 20, Cp House
Otterspool Way
Watford
Hertfordshire
WD25 8HR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last: 2025-11-16

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

WIBBERLEY, Andrew
director · ~48y · appointed 2015-10-12
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Active
WIBBERLEY, Charlotte Elizabeth
director · ~44y · appointed 2017-11-08
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Active

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Recent filings (33 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-27