ALDRIDGE BUILDERS BEAMS LTD
🌳Matureactive
10066557 · ltd · incorporated 2016-03-16
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.
Why now
Window closing · high confidence
Getting harder to buy — profile has hardened into "well run hard buy" recently.
- · Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
- · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- · Opportunity score: 70 → 79
- · Bankability: 65 → 75
Opportunity decay
hardening · 6-months
Hardening — profile is tightening. If you want to act, do it before the window closes further.
- · 3 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
What changed my view
Last 30 days
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 3 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ·Investment thesis: unclassified → well_run_hard_buy
- ↑Opportunity score: 70 → 79
- ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
- ·Distress / opportunity: speculative → avoid
Last 90 days
No snapshot from 90 days ago — start tracking from today.
Last 180 days
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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46130
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 79/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 600 | 600 |
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
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-11📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-07-07📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-11-06📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-11-05➕HORTON, Thomas appointeddirector
- 2018-11-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-02-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-03-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ALDRIDGE BUILDERS BEAMS LTD
- 2016-03-16➕CLAYTON, Ian Michael appointeddirector
Owner dependency
71/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
51/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Ian Michael Clayton Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Ian Michael Clayton Individual · British · DOB 02/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Thomas Horton Individual · British · DOB 09/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B METERS UK LIMITED→ 11984226 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| B.E.S. LIMITED→ 01202345 · est 1975 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 51y | — | — |
| BARB’S BUNCHES LTD→ 16977226 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BARREL & BRAND LIMITED→ 15831144 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| BOMBAY BREW LTD→ 16969511 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BRANDED HOUSEWARES LIMITED→ 05704510 · est 2006 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 20y | — | — |
| BUNDAM APPAREL LIMITED→ 16639046 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| BX FUEL LTD→ 16331918 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| CAJH TRADING LIMITED→ 14933023 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| CALI CONNECT NUTRIENTS LTD→ 12281363 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| CANNON WHOLESALE LTD→ 05273726 · est 2004 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 21y | — | — |
| CAPPER & CO. LTD.→ 00205899 · est 1925 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 100y | — | — |
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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
Incorporated2016-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46130 — SIC 46130
Registered office
Wednesfield Way
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV11 3FG
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
CLAYTON, Ian Michael→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2016-03-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HORTON, Thomas→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2019-11-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (28 total)
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-08
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-29