ALCAEUS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LTD

🏛️Establishedactive
13510376 · ltd · incorporated 2021-07-14
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
—
year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
69/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 69/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Deleverage or restructure. Leverage at 100% of assets — consider sale of non-core assets or equity injection. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 5 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
32 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
69/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1
High leverage
Liabilities are 100% of total assets
Leverage
100%
Liabilities / Total assets

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
Current Assets
£1
Current Liabilities
—
£0£0£0£1£1£1Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£1—
Current assets£1—
Net assets£1—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-12
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  3. 2025-11-12
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-11-12
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-11-10
    ➕
    MACHIN, Mark appointed
    director
  6. 2025-02-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  7. 2025-02-13
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2025-02-13
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2025-02-05
    ➖
    MACHIN, Mark resigned
    director
  10. 2024-10-08
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  11. 2024-10-08
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  12. 2024-10-08
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2024-10-07
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2024-10-04
    ➕
    MACHIN, Mark appointed
    director
  15. 2024-06-10
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  16. 2024-06-10
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2024-06-10
    📄
    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  18. 2024-06-10
    📄
    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2024-06-10
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2024-06-10
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2024-06-06
    ➕
    THOMAS, Kevin Arthur appointed
    director
  22. 2024-06-06
    ➖
    MACHIN, Mark resigned
    director
  23. 2023-08-01
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  24. 2023-04-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  25. 2023-04-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  26. 2022-06-15
    ➕
    MACHIN, Mark appointed
    director
  27. 2022-06-14
    ➖
    THOMAS, Kevin Arthur resigned
    director
  28. 2021-07-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALCAEUS INFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES LTD
  29. 2021-07-14
    ➕
    THOMAS, Kevin Arthur appointed
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2025-11-12: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Kevin Arthur Thomas
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/06/2024
Mr Mark Machin
Individual · British · DOB 09/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—board control25-50% shares · board control10/11/2025
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Mark Machinceased 05/02/2025· 50-75% shares
  • Mr Mark Machinceased 06/06/2024· 75-100% shares
  • Mr Kevin Arthur Thomasceased 15/06/2022· 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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2021-07-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

81a Crewe Road
Haslington
Crewe
Cheshire
CW1 5QX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-24
Last: 2026-06-10

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

MACHIN, Mark→
director · ~57y · appointed 2025-11-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THOMAS, Kevin Arthur→
director · ~51y · appointed 2024-06-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MACHIN, Mark→
director · ~57y · appointed 2024-10-04 · resigned 2025-02-05
Resigned
MACHIN, Mark→
director · ~57y · appointed 2022-06-15 · resigned 2024-06-06
Resigned
THOMAS, Kevin Arthur→
director · ~51y · appointed 2021-07-14 · resigned 2022-06-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (32 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2025-11-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-11-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-11-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-10
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-02-13
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-13
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-10-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-10-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-10-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-10
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-06-10