ALBA TYRE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

SC272387 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-24

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

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£179.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22110

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -43% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.6y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 21.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

67 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £179,933

Net assets shrinking

Down £125,825 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 43% YoY

Cash YoY

-43%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£21k

↓ 43% YoY

Net Worth

£180k

↓ 41% YoY

Current Assets

£719k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£460.2k	£688.8k
Current assets	£718.5k	£864.7k
Cash	£21.0k	£36.6k
Debtors	£451.7k	£545.9k
Net assets	£179.9k	£305.8k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2025-07-11
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accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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accounts · AA
2023-03-14
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accounts · AA
2022-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-29
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2017-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-22
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officers · TM02
2016-11-22
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officers · AP03
2016-11-22
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officers · AP01
2016-11-20
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WILSON, Lynn Mathieson appointed
secretary
2016-11-20
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WILSON, David Alexander appointed
director
2016-11-20
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WILSON, Alexander resigned
secretary
2016-07-26
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accounts · AA
2013-08-31
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PROCTOR, Michael John Noel resigned
director
2007-04-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2004-09-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-08-24
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Company incorporated
As ALBA TYRE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2004-08-24
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WILSON, Alexander appointed
director
2004-08-24
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WILSON, Alexander appointed
secretary
2004-08-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-24
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PROCTOR, Michael John Noel appointed
director
2004-08-24
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-08-24
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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.)

Group structure

Aldhc Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aldhc Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ALBA TYRE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

This company · SC272387

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Aldhc Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alexander Wilsonceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2004-08-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC22110 — SIC 22110

Registered office

Abercorn House

79 Renfrew Road

Paisley

PA3 4DA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-07

Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WILSON, Lynn Mathieson→

secretary · appointed 2016-11-20

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Active

WILSON, Alexander→

director · ~62y · appointed 2004-08-24

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Active

WILSON, David Alexander→

director · ~39y · appointed 2016-11-20

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Active

WILSON, Alexander→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2016-11-20

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2004-08-24

Resigned

PROCTOR, Michael John Noel→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2013-08-31

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2004-08-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited	Floating charge	1 property	12/04/2007	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	23/09/2004	—

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