ALTON HOLDCO LIMITED
🌱Startupactive
16925747 · ltd · incorporated 2025-12-22
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
77/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.
Opportunity 77/100 (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: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 0.5y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 0.5 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: low (51/100)Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
10 connected companies via shared directors
75
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
77/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 mortgage
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (8 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-20📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2026-05-19➕BOUSTRIDGE, Michael John appointeddirector
- 2026-05-08📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-02-06📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2026-02-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties
- 2025-12-22🏢Company incorporatedAs ALTON HOLDCO LIMITED
- 2025-12-22➕LITTLEJOHNS, Andrew Douglas appointeddirector
- 2025-12-22📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
71/100
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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Young company: Only 0.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.
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 64. 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.)
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-12-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Registered office
3rd Floor 2 Glass Wharf
Bristol
BS2 0EL
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-22
Last made up to: —
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-04
Last: —
Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)
BOUSTRIDGE, Michael John→
Activedirector · ~64y · appointed 2026-05-19
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LITTLEJOHNS, Andrew Douglas→
Activedirector · ~52y · appointed 2025-12-22
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Alter Domus Trustees (UK) as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties Alter Domus Trustees (UK) Limited as Security Trustee for the Secured Parties | A registered charge | 1 property | 05/02/2026 | — |
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Recent filings (4 total)
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-08
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2026-02-06
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-12-22