ALEXANDER SEYMOUR LTD
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -73% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 1.7y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Newest facility, 1.7 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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 →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2026-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £178.0k | £295.7k |
| Current assets | £280.2k | £480.0k |
| Cash | £97.9k | £369.3k |
| Debtors | £182.3k | £110.7k |
| Net assets | £88.8k | £182.7k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 accounts
- • 2 officers
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (20 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-02-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-07-08✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2024-11-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-11-04🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2024-09-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-28📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-05-28📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-28📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-03-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-21➕ALEXANDER, Christopher David appointeddirector
- 2021-04-02📄change-person-director-companyofficers · CH01
- 2021-03-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-02-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ALEXANDER SEYMOUR LTD
- 2021-02-26➕SEYMOUR-DAVIES, Adam Liscombe appointeddirector
- 2021-02-26📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +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 "ALEXANDER" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +No director turnover: Company is 5 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
1 med ·Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.
Evidence: 2025-07-08: certificate-change-of-name-company
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Christopher David Alexander Individual · British · DOB 01/1985 · age 41 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 21/02/2022 |
Mr Adam Liscombe Seymour-Davies Individual · British · DOB 04/1974 · age 52 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 26/02/2021 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 04/11/2024 | — |