ALR SPIRIT LTD

🌱Startupactive
16299433 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-06
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
67/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 29320
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45200SIC 45200
  • 71129Other engineering activities
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Reasonable fundamentals — worth a memo before deciding.

Opportunity 67/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
67/100Strong
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
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 change-of-name
  • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (5 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-04
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  2. 2026-03-03
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-03-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALR SPIRIT LTD
  4. 2025-03-06
    COTHER, Alistair Robert Douglas appointed
    director
  5. 2025-03-06
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

80/100
Critical — business is the founder

The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Young company: Only 1.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Name changed recently
medium

Name changes can be benign (rebrand) but can also precede distress, phoenix activity, or buyer concealment.

Evidence: 2026-03-04: certificate-change-of-name-company

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Alistair Robert Douglas Cother
Individual · British · DOB 08/1995 · age 31
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/03/2025

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
Incorporated2025-03-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC29320 — SIC 29320

Registered office

Unit 4 Broadview Farm
The Ridge
Thatcham
RG18 9HX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-06
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

COTHER, Alistair Robert Douglas
director · ~31y · appointed 2025-03-06
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Recent filings (4 total)

certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2026-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-06