ALBANY TRACK WORKS LIMITED
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. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -39% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £231.2k | £100.3k |
| Current assets | £872.4k | £385.3k |
| Cash | £136.0k | £224.2k |
| Debtors | £736.5k | £161.1k |
| Net assets | £226.6k | £100.3k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 4 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2026-04-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-04-10📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2026-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-25📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2019-05-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-05-16📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-05-16📄withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statementpersons-with-significant-control · PSC09
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2016-04-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ALBANY TRACK WORKS LIMITED
- 2016-04-27➕BEGG, Dale Ashley appointeddirector
- 2016-04-27➕BEGG, Jason Craig appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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 10 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
- 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
cleanGroup structure
2 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
4 active beneficial owners · fragmented| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
D Begg Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/04/2026 |
J Begg Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 08/04/2026 |
Mr Dale Ashley Begg Individual · British · DOB 11/1988 · age 38 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 27/04/2018 |
Mr Jason Craig Begg Individual · British · DOB 07/1990 · age 36 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 27/04/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Similar companies
Active · Manufacturing · WF postcode area| Company | Est. value | Turnover | Net worth | Staff | Age | Opp | Director |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A PEACHY CREATION LTD→ 16836516 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| A.M.S. PLUMBING LIMITED→ 08827437 · est 2013 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| AGCHEM BUYERS LIMITED→ 12737505 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AH CRAFT LTD→ 16589919 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AIRVEXION LTD→ 17055619 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AJ SOFA & BEDS LTD→ 16217797 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AK BEDS (YORKSHIRE) LTD→ 15671170 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALL KITCHENS YORKSHIRE LTD→ 15952878 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALLBASE GROUP LTD→ 09611962 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ALTERNATE WORKS LIMITED→ 17076620 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AMG ENGINEERING SUPPLIES LTD→ 08040848 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 13y | — | — |
| AMIES ALTERATIONS LTD→ 16916131 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.