ALEX SPINK & SONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
SC443427 · ltd · incorporated 2013-02-22
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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Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47230
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
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
42 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
70
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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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 employees17001600

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-23
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  4. 2024-09-20
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    MORRISON LUNDIE, Gary Fergus resigned
    director
  5. 2023-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-09-13
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2022-12-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-03-21
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2022-02-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  10. 2021-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-02-22
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-12-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-08-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-02-06
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  16. 2019-02-06
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  17. 2019-02-06
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    withdrawal-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC09
  18. 2019-02-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-01-07
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    SPINK, Alexander appointed
    director
  20. 2019-01-07
    ➕
    MORRISON LUNDIE, Gary Fergus appointed
    director
  21. 2019-01-07
    ➖
    SPINK, Christine Ann resigned
    director
  22. 2019-01-07
    ➖
    SPINK, Sharon Ruth resigned
    director
  23. 2013-02-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ALEX SPINK & SONS LIMITED
  24. 2013-02-22
    ➕
    SPINK, Alexander Forbes appointed
    director
  25. 2013-02-22
    ➕
    SPINK, Andrew Taylor appointed
    director
  26. 2013-02-22
    ➕
    SPINK, Christine Ann appointed
    director
  27. 2013-02-22
    ➕
    SPINK, Sharon Ruth appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "SPINK" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

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

🏛️
Spink Lundie Holdings Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALEX SPINK & SONS LIMITED
This company · SC443427

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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Spink Lundie Holdings Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control07/01/2019

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
Incorporated2013-02-22
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC47230 — SIC 47230

Registered office

24 Seagate
Arbroath
Angus
DD11 1BJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-08
Last: 2026-02-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

SPINK, Alexander→
director · ~39y · appointed 2019-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPINK, Alexander Forbes→
director · ~66y · appointed 2013-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SPINK, Andrew Taylor→
director · ~64y · appointed 2013-02-22
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MORRISON LUNDIE, Gary Fergus→
director · ~34y · appointed 2019-01-07 · resigned 2024-09-20
Resigned
SPINK, Christine Ann→
director · ~64y · appointed 2013-02-22 · resigned 2019-01-07
Resigned
SPINK, Sharon Ruth→
director · ~63y · appointed 2013-02-22 · resigned 2019-01-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-09-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-21
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-02-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-23