ALBERT FAMILY INVESTMENTS LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
11649692 · ltd · incorporated 2018-10-30
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-16.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of open-ended investment companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 66120Security and commodity contracts dealing activities
  • 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 76/100 (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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
22 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £16,412

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
-£16k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£41k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£19k-£5k£10k£24k£38k£52kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-9.7k£-10.1k
Current assets£40.5k£52.3k
Net assets£-16.4k£-18.7k

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-28
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-16
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    address · AD01
  8. 2020-04-14
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-04-14
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2020-04-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2020-04-14
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2019-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-10-30
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBERT FAMILY INVESTMENTS LTD
  15. 2018-10-30
    ALBERT, Benjamin Elliot appointed
    director
  16. 2018-10-30
    ALBERT, David Jonathan appointed
    director
  17. 2018-10-30
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

94/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALBERT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +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

56/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

clean
No 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Jonathan Albert
Individual · British · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/10/2018
Mr Benjamin Elliot Albert
Individual · British · DOB 07/1996 · age 30
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/10/2018

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
Incorporated2018-10-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64304 — Activities of open-ended investment companies

Registered office

32 Byron Hill Road
Harrow On The Hill
Middx
HA2 0HY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-23
Last: 2026-04-09

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ALBERT, Benjamin Elliot
director · ~30y · appointed 2018-10-30
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Active
ALBERT, David Jonathan
director · ~63y · appointed 2018-10-30
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Recent filings (22 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-07-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-04-14