ALAMBERLY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
09866616 · ltd · incorporated 2015-11-11
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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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
29 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Average employees200200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-03-05
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  3. 2024-11-15
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  4. 2024-11-15
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  6. 2024-11-15
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  7. 2024-06-13
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  8. 2023-03-16
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  9. 2022-03-29
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  10. 2021-07-08
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  11. 2021-04-27
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  12. 2021-04-27
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  13. 2020-04-01
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  14. 2019-02-21
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  15. 2018-03-23
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  16. 2017-08-10
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  17. 2015-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ALAMBERLY LIMITED
  18. 2015-11-11
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    BERTRAM, Alison Margaret appointed
    secretary
  19. 2015-11-11
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    BERTRAM, Alison Margaret appointed
    director
  20. 2015-11-11
    ➕
    BERTRAM, Christopher Paul 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 82 — 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 82 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
Mrs Alison Margaret Bertram
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Christopher Paul Bertram
Individual · British · DOB 05/1944 · age 82
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Felicity Jane Bertramceased 26/04/2021· 75-100% voting
  • Verity Anne Nobleceased 26/04/2021· 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2015-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

The Manor Threadneedle Street
Bergh Apton
Norwich
Norfolk
NR15 1BL
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-24
Last: 2025-11-10

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

BERTRAM, Alison Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2015-11-11
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Active
BERTRAM, Alison Margaret→
director · ~74y · appointed 2015-11-11
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Active
BERTRAM, Christopher Paul→
director · ~82y · appointed 2015-11-11
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Active

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Recent filings (29 total)

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2026-03-19
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-29
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-15
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-15
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officers · CH01
2024-11-15
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officers · CH01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-08