ALPHA DECORATING LIMITED
Opportunity 62/100 (worth a look), bankability 60/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Resolve: Confirmation statement overdue. Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.
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 | 2025-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £74.2k | £46.5k |
| Current assets | £102.3k | £49.3k |
| Cash | £63.2k | £11.6k |
| Debtors | £18.3k | £36.8k |
| Net assets | £60.8k | £28.7k |
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
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-12➕SHORT, Amy appointeddirector
- 2024-02-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2023-07-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2022-11-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-07-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ALPHA DECORATING LIMITED
- 2022-07-04➕SHORT, Marc appointeddirector
- 2022-07-04📄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.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
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 high ·Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.
Evidence: Next due: 2026-07-17
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Marc Short Individual · British · DOB 10/1990 · age 36 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 04/07/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 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.
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