ALPA JOINERS LIMITED

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SC211851 · ltd · incorporated 2000-10-10
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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Turnover
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year to Oct 2024
Net worth
£635.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Joinery installation
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -32% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 7.4y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 7.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
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 £635,138
Net assets shrinking
Down £113,512 YoY
Cash YoY
-32%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£501k
↓ 32% YoY
Net Worth
£635k
↓ 15% YoY
Current Assets
£851k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£205k£411k£616k£822k£1.0mOct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£915.3k£1.04M
Current assets£851.0k£1.03M
Cash£500.9k£732.8k
Debtors£286.4k£277.6k
Net assets£635.1k£748.6k

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

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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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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-08-01
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-03-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2018-12-19
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  8. 2018-12-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  9. 2018-11-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-07-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-07
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    HARRIS, Kimberley appointed
    director
  12. 2018-06-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-06-07
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2018-06-07
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    officers · AP01
  15. 2018-03-26
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    address · AD01
  16. 2017-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-01-30
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  18. 2008-05-23
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    HARRIS, Kimberley appointed
    secretary
  19. 2008-05-23
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    HARRIS, Paul Henry resigned
    secretary
  20. 2008-05-23
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    HARRIS, Paul Henry resigned
    director
  21. 2000-10-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPA JOINERS LIMITED
  22. 2000-10-10
    ➕
    HARRIS, Alan William appointed
    director
  23. 2000-10-10
    ➕
    HARRIS, Paul Henry appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-10-10
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-10-10
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    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2000-10-10
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    HARRIS, Paul Henry appointed
    director
  27. 2000-10-10
    ➕
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 2000-10-10
    ➖
    COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 2000-10-10
    ➕
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  30. 2000-10-10
    ➖
    COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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 Alan William Harris
Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
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
Incorporated2000-10-10
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC43320 — Joinery installation

Registered office

Unit 2 Kirkslap
Denny
FK6 6EP
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-24
Last: 2025-10-10

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

HARRIS, Kimberley→
secretary · appointed 2008-05-23
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Active
HARRIS, Alan William→
director · ~50y · appointed 2000-10-10
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Active
HARRIS, Kimberley→
director · ~46y · appointed 2018-06-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HARRIS, Paul Henry→
secretary · appointed 2000-10-10 · resigned 2008-05-23
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-10-10 · resigned 2000-10-10
Resigned
HARRIS, Paul Henry→
director · ~48y · appointed 2000-10-10 · resigned 2008-05-23
Resigned
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-10 · resigned 2000-10-10
Resigned
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-10-10 · resigned 2000-10-10
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge2 properties15/12/2018—
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Recent filings (69 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-15
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-12-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-11-16