ALFRA LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
SC260151 · ltd · incorporated 2003-12-02
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 16.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 49320
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 16.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 16.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £3,220
Net assets shrinking
Down £5,322 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
—
Net Worth
£3k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Assets
£151
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.9k | £2.4k |
| Current assets | £151 | £151 |
| Net assets | £3.2k | £8.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2015-12-18📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2014-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-12-15📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2013-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2009-06-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2003-12-02🏢Company incorporatedAs ALFRA LIMITED
- 2003-12-02➕DICKSON, Frances Moira appointedsecretary
- 2003-12-02➕DICKSON, Alan appointeddirector
- 2003-12-02➕DICKSON, Frances Moira appointeddirector
- 2003-12-02➕OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-12-02➖OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — 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 candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 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 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Frances Moira Dickson Individual · British · DOB 05/1960 · age 66 | 50–75% | — | 50-75% shares | 15/05/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| AMC SUPPLY CHAIN LTD→ SC552899 · est 2016 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 9y | — | — |
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| ASHVEIL WEDDINGS LIMITED→ SC666159 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
| BACKDOG TRANSPORTATION LTD→ SC676620 · est 2020 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 5y | — | — |
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-12-02
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC49320 — SIC 49320
Registered office
132 Ancrum Drive
Dundee
Angus
DD2 2JA
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-06
Last: 2025-10-23
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
DICKSON, Frances Moira→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-12-02
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DICKSON, Alan→
Activedirector · ~70y · appointed 2003-12-02
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DICKSON, Frances Moira→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2003-12-02
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-12-02 · resigned 2003-12-02
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Floating charge | 1 property | 11/06/2009 | — |
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Recent filings (63 total)
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accounts · AA
2026-03-31
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
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2024-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-12-23