AL1 LIMITED
Opportunity 72/100 (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 (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 | 2025-10-31 | 2024-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £16.5k | £24.5k |
| Current assets | £49.8k | £48.1k |
| Net assets | £1.1k | £352 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-08-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-15📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-02-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-03📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-11-03📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-11-02📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-11-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-11-01➕HARPER, Laura Anne Louise appointeddirector
- 2021-10-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-07-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-06-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-10🏢Company incorporatedAs AL1 LIMITED
- 2018-10-10➕HARPER, Alistair John 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 8 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Laura Anne Louise Harper Individual · British · DOB 04/1983 · age 43 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 01/11/2021 |
Mr Alistair John Harper Individual · British · DOB 09/1979 · age 47 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 10/10/2018 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
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.
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Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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