ALPRESS HYDRAULIC SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
SC389888 · ltd · incorporated 2010-12-03
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 33120Repair of machinery
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 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, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
15 connected companies via shared directors
90
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 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
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-03
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2025-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-12-19
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-20
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-08-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-12-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-11-14
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-10-19
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    address · AD01
  11. 2018-10-08
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-09-26
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-06-20
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2016-01-06
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-05-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  17. 2012-04-06
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    FLEMING, Graeme John appointed
    director
  18. 2012-04-06
    ➕
    THORNTON, Alan Woodburn Menzies appointed
    director
  19. 2012-04-06
    ➖
    YOUNG, Albert resigned
    director
  20. 2012-04-06
    ➖
    YOUNG, Karl resigned
    director
  21. 2010-12-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ALPRESS HYDRAULIC SERVICES LTD.
  22. 2010-12-03
    ➕
    BRIAN REID LTD. appointed
    corporate-secretary
  23. 2010-12-03
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    BRIAN REID LTD. resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 2010-12-03
    ➕
    MABBOTT, Stephen George appointed
    director
  25. 2010-12-03
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    MABBOTT, Stephen George resigned
    director
  26. 2010-12-03
    ➕
    YOUNG, Albert appointed
    director
  27. 2010-12-03
    ➕
    YOUNG, Karl appointed
    director

Owner dependency

73/100
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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 14 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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 Woodburn Menzies Thornton
Individual · British · DOB 07/1956 · age 70
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
Incorporated2010-12-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

5 Atholl Avenue
Hillington Park
Glasgow
G52 4UA
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-05-15
Last: 2025-05-01

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

FLEMING, Graeme John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2012-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THORNTON, Alan Woodburn Menzies→
director · ~70y · appointed 2012-04-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BRIAN REID LTD.→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-12-03 · resigned 2010-12-03
Resigned
MABBOTT, Stephen George→
director · ~76y · appointed 2010-12-03 · resigned 2010-12-03
Resigned
YOUNG, Albert→
director · ~89y · appointed 2010-12-03 · resigned 2012-04-06
Resigned
YOUNG, Karl→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-12-03 · resigned 2012-04-06
Resigned

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Recent filings (44 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-04-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-14