ALEXANDER COMLEY LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
10865446 · ltd · incorporated 2017-07-13
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 6.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 18 | 1800 |
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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-09-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-28📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-13📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-07-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2020-07-07🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
- 2019-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-18➕MCKAY, Karen Jane appointedsecretary
- 2019-07-18➕MCKAY, Sharon Louise appointedsecretary
- 2019-07-18📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2019-07-18📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-07-18📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2019-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2017-07-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ALEXANDER COMLEY LIMITED
- 2017-07-13➕MCKAY, Craig appointeddirector
- 2017-07-13➕MCKAY, Glen appointeddirector
Owner dependency
66/100
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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- 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.)
Group structure
Evenort Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Evenort Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ALEXANDER COMLEY LIMITED
This company · 10865446
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Glen Mckay Individual · British · DOB 08/1973 · age 53 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares · firm interest | 01/07/2019 |
Evenort Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 01/08/2017 |
Mr Craig Mckay Individual · British · DOB 02/1970 · age 56 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 13/07/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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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
Incorporated2017-07-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
1 Dandy Bank Road
Pensnett Trading Estate
Kingswinford
DY6 7ND
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-26
Last: 2025-07-12
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
Active
MCKAY, Sharon Louise→
Activesecretary · appointed 2019-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCKAY, Craig→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2017-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 07/07/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc UK Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 07/07/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (28 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2020-07-28