ALBA TYRE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

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SC272387 · ltd · incorporated 2004-08-24

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.

Why now

Window steady · low confidence

Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.

What changed my view

Last 30 days

No material changes in the last 30 days.

Last 90 days

No material changes in the last 90 days.

Last 180 days

No snapshot from 180 days ago — start tracking from today.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Oct 2024

Net worth

£179.9k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 22110

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -43% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.8y

30/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

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 £179,933

Net assets shrinking

Down £125,825 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 43% YoY

Cash YoY

-43%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£21k

↓ 43% YoY

Net Worth

£180k

↓ 41% YoY

Current Assets

£719k

↓ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2024-10-31	2023-10-31
Total assets	£460.2k	£688.8k
Current assets	£718.5k	£864.7k
Cash	£21.0k	£36.6k
Debtors	£451.7k	£545.9k
Net assets	£179.9k	£305.8k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

4 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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 address

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 address

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-05-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-29
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2018-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2017-08-23
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2017-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2016-11-22
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officers · TM02
2016-11-22
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officers · AP03
2016-11-22
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2016-11-20
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WILSON, Lynn Mathieson appointed
secretary
2016-11-20
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WILSON, David Alexander appointed
director
2016-11-20
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WILSON, Alexander resigned
secretary
2013-08-31
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PROCTOR, Michael John Noel resigned
director
2007-04-12
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Rbs Invoice Finance Limited
2004-09-23
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Charge registered #1
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2004-08-24
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Company incorporated
As ALBA TYRE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
2004-08-24
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WILSON, Alexander appointed
director
2004-08-24
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WILSON, Alexander appointed
secretary
2004-08-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-24
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OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-08-24
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PROCTOR, Michael John Noel appointed
director
2004-08-24
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-08-24
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JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100

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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
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

clean

No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Aldhc Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Aldhc Holdings Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ALBA TYRE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

This company · SC272387

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Aldhc Holdings Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Alexander Wilsonceased 06/04/2016· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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

Incorporated2004-08-24

Jurisdictionscotland

Primary SIC22110 — SIC 22110

Registered office

Titanium 1 Kings Inch Place

Renfrew

PA4 8WF

Scotland

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-07-31

Last made up to: 2024-10-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-07

Last: 2025-08-24

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WILSON, Lynn Mathieson→

secretary · appointed 2016-11-20

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Active

WILSON, Alexander→

director · ~62y · appointed 2004-08-24

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Active

WILSON, David Alexander→

director · ~39y · appointed 2016-11-20

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Active

WILSON, Alexander→

secretary · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2016-11-20

Resigned

OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2004-08-24

Resigned

PROCTOR, Michael John Noel→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2013-08-31

Resigned

JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-08-24 · resigned 2004-08-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	outstanding	NatWest Group Rbs Invoice Finance Limited	Floating charge	1 property	12/04/2007	—
	outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC	Bond & floating charge	1 property	23/09/2004	—

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Recent filings (68 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-05-28

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-09-09