ALACRITA HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10522303 · ltd · incorporated 2016-12-13
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.2y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.2 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (74/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 8 total, 8 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
70 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
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 200 |
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
4
filings
- • 2 resolution
- • 2 capital
Last 90 days
12
filings
- • 5 confirmation-statement
- • 3 resolution
- • 3 capital
Last 180 days
12
filings
- • 5 confirmation-statement
- • 3 resolution
- • 3 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (33 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-05-13📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-05-13📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2026-05-12📄capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-sharescapital · SH10
- 2026-05-06📄undefined · ANNOTATION
- 2026-05-06📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2026-05-06📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2026-05-06📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-05-06📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-05-06📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2026-05-06📄replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP01CS01
- 2025-06-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-06-04📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-05-20📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2025-04-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-04-24📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-04-17📄undefined · ANNOTATION
- 2025-04-17📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2025-04-17📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2025-04-16📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-04-15📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2025-04-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2025-04-04➕SOUTHWELL, Alastair James David appointeddirector
- 2025-04-04➖TURNER, Simon Patrick David Hart Lucas, Dr resigneddirector
- 2025-04-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Anthony Ian Walker
- 2025-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-31➖JOHNSON, Robert Steven resigneddirector
- 2019-10-17➖CASSE, Anna Kathleen resigneddirector
- 2017-05-29➕CASSE, Anna Kathleen appointeddirector
- 2016-12-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ALACRITA HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2016-12-13➕WALKER, Anthony Ian, Dr appointeddirector
- 2016-12-13➕JOHNSON, Robert Steven appointeddirector
- 2016-12-13➕TURNER, Simon Patrick David Hart Lucas, Dr appointeddirector
Owner dependency
73/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Alastair James David Southwell Individual · British · DOB 01/1968 · age 58 | 50–75% | 50–75% | board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control | 04/04/2025 |
Dr Anthony Ian Walker Individual · British · DOB 10/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/05/2019 |
6 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Dr Simon Patrick David Hart Lucas Turnerceased 04/04/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Robert Steven Johnsonceased 27/01/2023· 25-50% shares
- Ms Anna Kathleen Casseceased 05/12/2018· significant influence
- Dr Simon Patrick David Hart Lucas Turnerceased 05/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Mr Robert Steven Johnsonceased 05/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Dr Anthony Ian Walkerceased 04/12/2018· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2016-12-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
London Bioscience Innovation Centre
2 Royal College Street
London
NW1 0NH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last: 2025-12-12
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
SOUTHWELL, Alastair James David→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2025-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WALKER, Anthony Ian, Dr→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2016-12-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CASSE, Anna Kathleen→
Resigneddirector · ~61y · appointed 2017-05-29 · resigned 2019-10-17
JOHNSON, Robert Steven→
Resigneddirector · ~50y · appointed 2016-12-13 · resigned 2019-10-31
TURNER, Simon Patrick David Hart Lucas, Dr→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2016-12-13 · resigned 2025-04-04
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Anthony Ian Walker | A registered charge | 1 property | 04/04/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (70 total)
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-13
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2026-05-13
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2026-05-12
· ANNOTATION
2026-05-06
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2026-05-06
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2026-05-06
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-06
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-06
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-06
replacement-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP01CS01
2026-05-06
confirmation-statement
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-06-04
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-04
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2025-05-20