ALGO BUSINESS CENTRE LIMITED
- 77310Renting and leasing of agricultural machinery and equipment
Opportunity 77/100 (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: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 10.9y
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 10.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.87M | £1.78M |
| Current assets | £838.2k | £828.3k |
| Cash | £13.1k | £5.6k |
| Debtors | £825.1k | £822.7k |
| Net assets | £1.74M | £1.73M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
- • 2 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 2 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-04📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-03-04📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-03-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-04-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-02-08📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-05-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-01-27🏢Company incorporatedAs ALGO BUSINESS CENTRE LIMITED
- 2005-01-27➕ALEXANDER, Peter appointedsecretary
- 2005-01-27➕ALEXANDER, Charles Murray appointeddirector
- 2005-01-27➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-01-27➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2005-01-27➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2005-01-27➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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
cleanShareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Charles Murray Alexander Individual · British · DOB 09/1970 · age 56 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 14/05/2015 | — |