ALCO VALVES LIMITED
🏛️Establishedactive
12865962 · ltd · incorporated 2020-09-08
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 5.3y 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: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 73/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 5.3y
80/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 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.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £143,572
Key financials
1 year 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 |
|---|---|
| Profit before tax | £143.6k |
| Average employees | 15 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-04📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-02-03➕GRAY, Nicholas David appointeddirector
- 2025-12-02📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-11-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-18➕ASTLEY-MORTON, Philip Leigh appointeddirector
- 2024-12-12📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AAMD
- 2024-11-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2023-07-05📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-03➕BEDFORD, Richard James appointeddirector
- 2022-08-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-smallaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-11📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-12-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-09-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-04-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-04-08📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2021-04-08📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-04-08🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Torus Industrial Finance Limited
- 2021-03-18📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-03-18🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Arkle International Limited
- 2020-09-08🏢Company incorporatedAs ALCO VALVES LIMITED
- 2020-09-08➕SARGENT, Mark John appointeddirector
- 2020-09-08📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
40/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
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.)
Group structure
Alco Valves Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Alco Valves Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
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ALCO VALVES LIMITED
This company · 12865962
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alco Valves Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 16/11/2020 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mark John Sargentceased 16/11/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control
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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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-09-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
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: 2026-09-21
Last: 2025-09-07
Officers (4 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 2023-07-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAY, Nicholas David→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2026-02-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SARGENT, Mark John→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2020-09-08
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
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Torus Industrial Finance Torus Industrial Finance Limited | A registered charge | — | 08/04/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Arkle International Arkle International Limited | A registered charge | — | 18/03/2021 | — |
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Recent filings (21 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-02-04
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-16
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AAMD
2024-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-08-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-05-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-15