ALUNAFAE LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15697331 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-30
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
62/100
Worth a look
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

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: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
5 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
62/100Worth a look
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Mixed signal. Worth opening the full target workup before deciding to pursue.

Business quality
50
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
67
Some moderate concerns — review flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-30

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 officers
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-21
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-21
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2024-04-30
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALUNAFAE LTD
  5. 2024-04-30
    SNOOK (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  6. 2024-04-30
    BURGESS, Caroline appointed
    director
  7. 2024-04-30
    RICHARDS, Jason Shaun appointed
    director
  8. 2024-04-30
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

63/100
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.
  • +Young company: Only 2.0 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

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 high ·
Confirmation statement overdue
high

Annual confirmation statement not filed on time. Required statutory filing — overdue is a strong discipline signal.

Evidence: Next due: 2026-05-13

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jason Shaun Richards
Individual · British · DOB 05/1978 · age 48
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/04/2024
Miss Caroline Burgess
Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
2550%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting30/04/2024

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.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Manufacturing · TA postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
18 DESIGN & MANUFACTURE LTD
15884319 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
A T AVIATION (ENGINEERING) LIMITED
11347825 · est 2018 · no financials extracted
7y
A.R.M.S. PLANT LIMITED
07024465 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
16y
ABBOTT GOLD TRADING LTD
17049902 · est 2026 · no financials extracted
ABIGAIL WESTRUP LIMITED
09130044 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
AH TEST DESIGNS LTD
06915766 · est 2009 · no financials extracted
16y
AJ DOMESTIC APPLIANCES LIMITED
04399269 · est 2002 · no financials extracted
24y
ALKAMORPH COMMERCIAL SERVICES LTD
16513512 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ALL FIX CARPENTRY & CONSTRUCTION LTD
15944362 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ALPACA FASHION COMPANY LIMITED
08887223 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
12y
ALPINE CARPENTRY & JOINERY LTD
11827519 · est 2019 · no financials extracted
7y
AMA SWITCHGEAR LTD
13828767 · est 2022 · no financials extracted
4y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

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 →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

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.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2024-04-30
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590

Registered office

6 Dipford Orchard
Taunton
Somerset
TA3 7NP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-13OVERDUE
Last: 2025-04-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

SNOOK (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2024-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURGESS, Caroline
director · ~50y · appointed 2024-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDS, Jason Shaun
director · ~48y · appointed 2024-04-30
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (5 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-02
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-30