ALCO VALVES HOLDINGS LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12707537 · ltd · incorporated 2020-06-30
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 6.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
73/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 6.0y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 6.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: high (83/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
21 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
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 →Opportunity Score
73/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2025-02-27 | 2024-02-27 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-12-01📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-18➕ASTLEY-MORTON, Philip Leigh appointeddirector
- 2025-11-18➕BEDFORD, Richard James appointeddirector
- 2024-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-29📄capital-alter-shares-subdivisioncapital · SH02
- 2023-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-09-12📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-07-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-09-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-07-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-16📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2020-07-15📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Arkle Acquisitions Limited
- 2020-07-10🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Arkle Acquisitions Limited
- 2020-06-30🏢Company incorporatedAs ALCO VALVES HOLDINGS LIMITED
- 2020-06-30➕SARGENT, Mark John appointeddirector
- 2020-06-30📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mark John Sargent Individual · British · DOB 02/1974 · age 52 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 30/06/2020 |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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 →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-06-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit Ar2
Armytage Road Industrial Estate
Brighouse
West Yorkshire
HD6 1PT
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last made up to: 2025-02-27
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-13
Last: 2026-06-29
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
ASTLEY-MORTON, Philip Leigh→
Activedirector · ~55y · appointed 2025-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BEDFORD, Richard James→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2025-11-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SARGENT, Mark John→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2020-06-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Arkle Acquisitions Arkle Acquisitions Limited | A registered charge | — | 10/07/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Arkle Acquisitions Arkle Acquisitions Limited | A registered charge | — | 10/07/2020 | — |
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Recent filings (21 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-16
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-01
capital-alter-shares-subdivision
capital · SH02
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-03-08
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-12-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-09-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-13