ALPHA GROVE PRIVATE HIRE LTD
🌿Early-stageactive
14739402 · ltd · incorporated 2023-03-17
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
20 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
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 →Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
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 · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £2.1k |
| Current assets | — | £6.4k |
| Net assets | — | £2.1k |
| Average employees | 600 | — |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-08-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-08-21📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-08-20📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-08-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-19➕ALI, Mohammed appointeddirector
- 2025-08-19➖AKRAM, Imran resigneddirector
- 2025-04-09📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-28➕AKRAM, Imran appointeddirector
- 2025-03-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-21📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-03-20➕AKRAM, Mohammed appointeddirector
- 2025-03-20➖AKHTAR, Ifraz resigneddirector
- 2025-03-20➖ALI, Mohammed resigneddirector
- 2025-03-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-03-20📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-03-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2025-03-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-17🏢Company incorporatedAs ALPHA GROVE PRIVATE HIRE LTD
- 2023-03-17➕AKHTAR, Ifraz appointeddirector
- 2023-03-17➕ALI, Mohammed appointeddirector
- 2023-03-17📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
56/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- 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
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Mohammed Ali Individual · British · DOB 08/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 19/08/2025 |
Mr Mohammed Akram Individual · British · DOB 08/1958 · age 68 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 20/03/2025 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Mohammed Aliceased 20/03/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
- Mr Ifraz Akhtarceased 20/03/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A P BARKER TRANSPORT AND TRACTION LTD→ 13405021 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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| AM RECOVERY AND TYRES LTD→ 16226094 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 1y | — | — |
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| ANASTAS&ANTOILINCA LTD→ 11636598 · est 2018 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 7y | — | — |
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2023-03-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320
Registered office
Office Above Post Office 11 The Avenue
Kidsgrove
Stoke-On-Trent
ST7 1AB
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
AKRAM, Mohammed→
Activedirector · ~68y · appointed 2025-03-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
ALI, Mohammed→
Activedirector · ~42y · appointed 2025-08-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
AKHTAR, Ifraz→
Resigneddirector · ~38y · appointed 2023-03-17 · resigned 2025-03-20
AKRAM, Imran→
Resigneddirector · ~36y · appointed 2025-03-28 · resigned 2025-08-19
ALI, Mohammed→
Resigneddirector · ~42y · appointed 2023-03-17 · resigned 2025-03-20
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Recent filings (20 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-21
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-21
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-08-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-08-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-20
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-03-20
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-03-20