BORN ALCOHOL FREE LIMITED

🏛️Establishedactive

12167286 · ltd · incorporated 2019-08-21

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

77/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 11070

Sector: Manufacturing

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

46341SIC 46341

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 77/100 (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 (82/100)

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

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

11 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

17 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

77/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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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	2025-08-31	2024-08-31

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand

2026-05-29
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2025-05-30
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2024-05-24
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2023-05-26
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accounts · AA
2022-05-24
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accounts · AA
2021-01-21
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accounts · AA
2019-10-09
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2019-08-21
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Company incorporated
As BORN ALCOHOL FREE LIMITED
2019-08-21
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SPRAGUE, Alison Sarah appointed
director
2019-08-21
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SPRAGUE, Nicholas Simon appointed
director
2019-08-21
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incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

79/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
+No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

46/100

Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Alison Sarah Sprague Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/08/2019
Mr Nicholas Simon Sprague Individual · British · DOB 03/1967 · age 59	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	21/08/2019

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

Incorporated2019-08-21

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC11070 — SIC 11070

Registered office

Wessex House

Teign Road

Newton Abbot

Devon

TQ12 4AA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-03

Last: 2025-08-20

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

SPRAGUE, Alison Sarah→

director · ~58y · appointed 2019-08-21

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SPRAGUE, Nicholas Simon→

director · ~59y · appointed 2019-08-21

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