ALGARVE COMPOSITES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
10112005 · ltd · incorporated 2016-04-08
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
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
34 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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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 · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-31
Average employees300

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
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-04-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-05-31
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    DEMERECKIS, Dmitrij resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-06-05
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  8. 2023-04-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-04-01
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    NOBLE, Richard Victor Leslie appointed
    director
  10. 2022-11-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  11. 2022-11-04
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    DEMERECKIS, Dmitrij appointed
    director
  12. 2022-04-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2021-04-16
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2021-04-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2020-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-04-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-02-25
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  20. 2019-01-30
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    TRIVETT, Peter Brian resigned
    director
  21. 2016-05-01
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    TRIVETT, Peter Brian appointed
    director
  22. 2016-04-08
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    Company incorporated
    As ALGARVE COMPOSITES LIMITED
  23. 2016-04-08
    ➕
    JENNINGS, Alexander Robert Charles appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.

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.)

Group structure

Mk Securities Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Mk Securities Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALGARVE COMPOSITES LIMITED
This company · 10112005

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mk Securities Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alexander Robert Charles Jenningsceased 16/04/2021· significant influence

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
Incorporated2016-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Ross Road
Weedon Road Industrial Estate
Northampton
Northamptonshire
NN5 5XX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-01
Last: 2026-03-18

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

JENNINGS, Alexander Robert Charles→
director · ~41y · appointed 2016-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NOBLE, Richard Victor Leslie→
director · ~82y · appointed 2023-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DEMERECKIS, Dmitrij→
director · ~35y · appointed 2022-11-04 · resigned 2025-05-31
Resigned
TRIVETT, Peter Brian→
director · ~62y · appointed 2016-05-01 · resigned 2019-01-30
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-06-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-07
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-19