ALINTEX LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC206968 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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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 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
60 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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 employees00

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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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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  2. 2025-05-16
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  3. 2025-05-16
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  4. 2025-02-06
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  5. 2024-12-01
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    BOTTOMLEY, Delma Ruth resigned
    secretary
  6. 2024-12-01
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    BOTTOMLEY, Delma Ruth resigned
    director
  7. 2024-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  8. 2023-02-24
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  9. 2022-02-25
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  10. 2021-04-28
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  11. 2020-02-27
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    BOTTOMLEY, Kenneth Macalister appointed
    director
  12. 2020-02-27
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    BOTTOMLEY, Delma Ruth appointed
    director
  13. 2020-02-27
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  14. 2020-02-27
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  15. 2020-02-25
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  16. 2019-02-19
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  17. 2018-02-28
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  18. 2017-02-13
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  19. 2016-05-11
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  20. 2016-02-22
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    accounts · AA
  21. 2000-05-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ALINTEX LIMITED
  22. 2000-05-09
    ➕
    BOTTOMLEY, Alister Macinnes appointed
    director
  23. 2000-05-09
    ➕
    BOTTOMLEY, Delma Ruth appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-05-09
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-05-09
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-05-09
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2000-05-09
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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 Alister Macinnes Bottomley
Individual · British · DOB 06/1947 · age 79
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2000-05-09
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Broadgate House
Campsie Road, Strathblane
Glasgow
Lanarkshire
G63 9AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-18
Last: 2025-05-04

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BOTTOMLEY, Alister Macinnes→
director · ~79y · appointed 2000-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOTTOMLEY, Kenneth Macalister→
director · ~51y · appointed 2020-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BOTTOMLEY, Delma Ruth→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-09 · resigned 2024-12-01
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-09 · resigned 2000-05-09
Resigned
BOTTOMLEY, Delma Ruth→
director · ~78y · appointed 2020-02-27 · resigned 2024-12-01
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-09 · resigned 2000-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (60 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-05-16
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2025-05-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-08
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-02-27