ALBATEL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC140085 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-04
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 26.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 26.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 26.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
101 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees3300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-02
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  2. 2025-11-03
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  3. 2025-11-03
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  6. 2025-10-23
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  9. 2025-10-23
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  10. 2025-08-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2024-09-05
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2024-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  13. 2023-06-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  14. 2022-05-06
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  15. 2021-08-03
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  16. 2020-06-30
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  17. 2019-08-28
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  18. 2018-09-28
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  19. 2011-04-02
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    Charge satisfied #1
  20. 2000-01-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
  21. 1992-11-20
    ➕
    SMITH, Stephen John appointed
    secretary
  22. 1992-11-20
    ➕
    SMITH, Lorraine appointed
    director
  23. 1992-11-20
    ➕
    SMITH, Stephen John appointed
    director
  24. 1992-11-20
    ➖
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1992-11-20
    ➖
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1992-09-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ALBATEL LIMITED
  27. 1992-09-04
    ➕
    OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 1992-09-04
    ➕
    JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 33 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 33 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
  • supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.

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
Mrs Lorraine Smith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/09/2016
Mr Stephen John Smith
Individual · British · DOB 11/1959 · age 67
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting04/09/2016

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
Incorporated1992-09-04
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC59120 — Motion picture, video and television programme post-production activities

Registered office

11 Dudhope Terrace
Dundee
DD3 6TS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-18
Last: 2025-09-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SMITH, Stephen John→
secretary · appointed 1992-11-20
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Active
SMITH, Lorraine→
director · ~67y · appointed 1992-11-20
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Active
SMITH, Stephen John→
director · ~67y · appointed 1992-11-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-04 · resigned 1992-11-20
Resigned
JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-09-04 · resigned 1992-11-20
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland
Bond & floating charge1 property27/01/200002/04/2011

Recent filings (101 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-02
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-05