ALPHA TYRES REDCAR LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
14445114 · ltd · incorporated 2022-10-26
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
year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£-14.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: distressed disposal / insolvency (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
6 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £13,991
Net assets shrinking
Down £15,226 YoY
Cash YoY
+77%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↑ 77% YoY
Net Worth
-£14k
↓ 1233% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↑ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
-£14k-£11k-£8k-£4k-£1k£2kOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£-14.0k£1.2k
Current assets£2.2k£1.2k
Cash£2.2k£1.2k
Net assets£-14.0k£1.2k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (6 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-08-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2022-10-26
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALPHA TYRES REDCAR LTD
  4. 2022-10-26
    BARKER, Josh appointed
    director
  5. 2022-10-26
    BARKER, Ryan Marshall appointed
    director
  6. 2022-10-26
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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

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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ryan Marshall Barker
Individual · British · DOB 12/1993 · age 33
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/10/2022
Mr Josh Barker
Individual · English · DOB 09/1997 · age 29
2550%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control26/10/2022

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
Incorporated2022-10-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

4 Limerick Road
Redcar
TS10 5JU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-08
Last: 2025-10-25

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

BARKER, Josh
director · ~29y · appointed 2022-10-26
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Active
BARKER, Ryan Marshall
director · ~33y · appointed 2022-10-26
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Active

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Recent filings (6 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-10
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2022-10-26