ALS LOCK TOOLS LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14273359 · ltd · incorporated 2022-08-03
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
70/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25720
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 70/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
70/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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 · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 accounts
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (12 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-10📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-02-01➕LITTLE, Matthew James appointeddirector
- 2024-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-05-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-05-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-04✏️certificate-change-of-name-companychange-of-name · CERTNM
- 2022-08-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ALS LOCK TOOLS LTD
- 2022-08-03➕GRAINGER, Mark Edwin appointeddirector
- 2022-08-03📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
58/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome 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 signalLimited 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mark Edwin Grainger Individual · British · DOB 11/1975 · age 51 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 03/08/2022 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2022-08-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25720 — SIC 25720
Registered office
Ground Floor Office 2 Carnegie Court The Broadway
Farnham Common
Slough
SL2 3GQ
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-24
Last: 2026-02-10
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
GRAINGER, Mark Edwin→
Activedirector · ~51y · appointed 2022-08-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
LITTLE, Matthew James→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2025-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (13 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-10
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-05-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2022-08-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-08-03