AALTO CAPITAL GROUP LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12276682 · ltd · incorporated 2019-10-23
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 77/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).
Data confidence
Overall: high (82/100)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
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
9 connected companies via shared directors
72
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
90
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 | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-01-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-12-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-10-23🏢Company incorporatedAs AALTO CAPITAL GROUP LIMITED
- 2019-10-23➕HOUGH, Michael James appointeddirector
- 2019-10-23➕MCROBERTS, John Alexander appointeddirector
- 2019-10-23📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
78/100
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.
- +No director turnover: Company is 7 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
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 |
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Mr John Alexander Mcroberts Individual · Irish · DOB 03/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 23/10/2019 |
Mr Michael James Hough Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 23/10/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| 1936 VENTURES LTD→ 16833545 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1ST LEGACY ESTATES LTD→ 12246279 · est 2019 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 6y | — | — |
| 3I GROUP PLC→ 01142830 · est 1973 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 52y | — | — |
| 3I INVESTMENTS PLC→ 03975789 · est 2000 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 26y | — | — |
| 3I NORDIC PLC→ 04166374 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 25y | — | — |
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| A B W MATTERS LIMITED→ 09117601 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
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| ABINGWORTH BIOVENTURES GP LIMITED→ 08012038 · est 2012 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 14y | — | — |
| ABINGWORTH CCD GP LIMITED→ 09622429 · est 2015 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 10y | — | — |
| ABINGWORTH MANAGEMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED→ 02352178 · est 1989 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 37y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-10-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66190 — Other activities auxiliary to financial services, except insurance and pension funding
Registered office
30-35 Pall Mall
London
SW1Y 5LP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-05
Last: 2025-10-22
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
HOUGH, Michael James→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2019-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
MCROBERTS, John Alexander→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2019-10-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (15 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-07-21
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-03-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-01-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-23
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2020-06-22
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2019-10-23