ALDEN BUSINESS CONSULTING LTD

🌳Matureactive
SC523522 · ltd · incorporated 2016-01-05
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.
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
34 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
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£0Jan 2025Jan 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · IFRS
Metric2026-01-312025-01-31
Average employees400100

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-08-08
    ➕
    DHILLON, Resham Singh appointed
    director
  5. 2024-08-08
    ➖
    THOMSON, Sinem resigned
    director
  6. 2024-08-08
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  7. 2024-08-08
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  8. 2024-08-07
    ➖
    EDINBURGH CASTLE APARTMENTS & SUITES LTD resigned
    corporate-director
  9. 2024-08-07
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2023-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-03-14
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  12. 2023-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2023-01-11
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    dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
    dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
  14. 2022-12-27
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  15. 2022-11-17
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-11-16
    ➕
    KARAGOL, Rafi appointed
    director
  17. 2021-10-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-10-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-08-06
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  21. 2019-07-23
    ➕
    THOMSON, Sinem appointed
    director
  22. 2019-02-06
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    appoint-corporate-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP02
  23. 2019-02-06
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  24. 2019-02-04
    ➖
    KARAGOL, Rafi resigned
    director
  25. 2019-02-04
    ➕
    EDINBURGH CASTLE APARTMENTS & SUITES LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2016-01-05
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALDEN BUSINESS CONSULTING LTD
  27. 2016-01-05
    ➕
    KARAGOL, Rafi appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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 Rafi Karagol
Individual · Turkish · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
75–100%
—75-100% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2016-01-05
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

28 Castle Street
Edinburgh
EH2 3HT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-15
Last: 2025-08-01

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

DHILLON, Resham Singh→
director · ~72y · appointed 2024-08-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KARAGOL, Rafi→
director · ~59y · appointed 2022-11-16
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KARAGOL, Rafi→
director · ~59y · appointed 2016-01-05 · resigned 2019-02-04
Resigned
THOMSON, Sinem→
director · ~46y · appointed 2019-07-23 · resigned 2024-08-08
Resigned
EDINBURGH CASTLE APARTMENTS & SUITES LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2019-02-04 · resigned 2024-08-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (34 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-12
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-08-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-08
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-08-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-13
dissolved-compulsory-strike-off-suspended
dissolution · DISS16(SOAS)
2023-01-11
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-12-27
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-11-17