ALLIANCE CREATIVE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC400097 · ltd · incorporated 2011-05-24
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Specialised design activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.0y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~3.0 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
48 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
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£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Average employees81200

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-04-20
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2023-04-17
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  6. 2022-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-09-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-06-14
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  9. 2021-04-28
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2021-04-28
    📄
    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  11. 2021-02-10
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-02-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  13. 2020-12-22
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    capital-cancellation-shares
    capital · SH06
  14. 2020-12-22
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  15. 2020-12-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  16. 2020-11-25
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    ARMSTRONG, Matthew resigned
    director
  17. 2020-11-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2019-08-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2018-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2011-05-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIANCE CREATIVE LIMITED
  21. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    HAY, Daniel William appointed
    director
  22. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    JOHNSTONE, Stephen appointed
    director
  23. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    secretary
  24. 2011-05-24
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    secretary
  25. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    ARMSTRONG, Matthew appointed
    director
  26. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    MCINTOSH, Susan appointed
    nominee-director
  27. 2011-05-24
    ➖
    MCINTOSH, Susan resigned
    nominee-director
  28. 2011-05-24
    ➕
    TRAINER, Peter appointed
    director
  29. 2011-05-24
    ➖
    TRAINER, Peter resigned
    director

Owner dependency

58/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.

Succession & seller-readiness

49/100
Moderate signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • 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
Mr Daniel William Hay
Individual · British · DOB 05/1979 · age 47
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Stephen Johnstone
Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Matthew Armstrongceased 25/11/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-05-24
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC74100 — Specialised design activities

Registered office

22 Stafford Street
Edinburgh
EH3 7BD

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

HAY, Daniel William→
director · ~47y · appointed 2011-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
JOHNSTONE, Stephen→
director · ~56y · appointed 2011-05-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TRAINER, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2011-05-24
Resigned
ARMSTRONG, Matthew→
director · ~59y · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2020-11-25
Resigned
MCINTOSH, Susan→
nominee-director · ~56y · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2011-05-24
Resigned
TRAINER, Peter→
director · ~74y · appointed 2011-05-24 · resigned 2011-05-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property17/04/2023—
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Recent filings (48 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-06
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2023-04-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-23
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2021-06-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-09
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2021-04-28
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-02-10