ALRON BUILDING SERVICES LTD.

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SC388852 · ltd · incorporated 2010-11-15
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£485.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -49% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
39 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £485,632
Net assets shrinking
Down £66,927 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 49% YoY
Cash YoY
-49%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£142k
↓ 49% YoY
Net Worth
£486k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£422k
↓ 9.5% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£111k£221k£332k£442k£553kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£518.8k£579.4k
Current assets£422.4k£466.9k
Cash£142.0k£280.9k
Debtors£140.3k£133.1k
Net assets£485.6k£552.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-01
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  3. 2023-11-22
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  4. 2022-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-13
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    address · AD01
  6. 2021-09-06
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-10-26
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-05
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  9. 2018-11-12
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  10. 2017-06-13
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  11. 2016-11-08
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  12. 2016-06-08
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-11-30
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  14. 2015-11-01
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    MAIN, Ronald Gordon resigned
    director
  15. 2015-06-08
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  16. 2014-11-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2010-11-15
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    Company incorporated
    As ALRON BUILDING SERVICES LTD.
  18. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    MAIN, Gordon Scott appointed
    director
  19. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 2010-11-15
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-11-15
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  22. 2010-11-15
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  23. 2010-11-15
    ➕
    MAIN, Ronald Gordon appointed
    director

Owner dependency

93/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

78/100
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 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Gordon Scott Main
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
75–100%
—75-100% shares31/10/2016

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
Incorporated2010-11-15
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.

Registered office

10 Knockbreck Street
Tain
IV19 1BJ
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-08
Last: 2025-04-24

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

MAIN, Gordon Scott→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-11-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-11-15 · resigned 2010-11-15
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-11-15 · resigned 2010-11-15
Resigned
MAIN, Ronald Gordon→
director · ~89y · appointed 2010-11-15 · resigned 2015-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (39 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-24