ALEXANDER COUSINS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12333264 · ltd · incorporated 2019-11-26
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 Nov 2024
Net worth
£659.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Solicitors
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
17 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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £659,257
Cash YoY
+1230%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£77k
↑ 1230% YoY
Net Worth
£659k
↑ 63% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↑ 24% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £664.3k | £438.9k |
| Current assets | £1.08M | £872.3k |
| Cash | £76.6k | £5.8k |
| Debtors | £1.00M | £866.5k |
| Net assets | £659.3k | £405.5k |
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
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (14 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-29📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2025-01-28📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2025-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-24➕COUSINS, Christopher appointeddirector
- 2020-06-24📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-06-02📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-05-27📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-11-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ALEXANDER COUSINS LIMITED
- 2019-11-26➕IQBAL, Shaid appointeddirector
- 2019-11-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 "COUSINS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — 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
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Shaid Iqbal Individual · British · DOB 11/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 26/11/2019 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALMARA INVESTMENTS LIMITED→ 10773819 · est 2017 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 8y | — | — |
| ALT-LEGAL LIMITED→ 09227003 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 11y | — | — |
| ALTEDA CONSULTING LTD→ 15033339 · est 2023 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 2y | — | — |
| ALTWORK GLOBAL LTD→ 14077193 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 3y | — | — |
| ALUN BARNES CONSULTING LTD→ 15914190 · est 2024 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| ALW CONSULTING LIMITED→ 13859548 · est 2022 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
| ALWOODLEY SEARCH (ASL) LIMITED→ 16383286 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
| AM CONSULTANCY BFD LTD→ 17074798 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AMA ASSOCIATES LTD→ 13317285 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AMALION LTD→ 13094118 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| AMAURA FINANCIAL PLANNING LTD→ 16660701 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 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.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-11-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC69102 — Solicitors
Registered office
237 Dewsbury Road
Leeds
LS11 5HZ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-22
Last: 2025-07-08
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
COUSINS, Christopher→
Activedirector · ~75y · appointed 2020-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
IQBAL, Shaid→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2019-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Recent filings (17 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-10
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2025-01-29
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2025-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-06-24
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2020-06-02