ALHAMA UBB LIMITED

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SC624304 · ltd · incorporated 2019-03-13
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£20.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. 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).

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Refinance opportunity

4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.8y

30/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (1 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
36 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £20,411
Cash YoY
+33600%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£5k
↑ 33600% YoY
Net Worth
£20k
↑ 30% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
↑ 52707% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£4k£8k£12k£16k£20kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£173.5k£177.3k
Current assets£7.9k£15
Cash£5.1k£15
Debtors£2.9k
Net assets£20.4k£15.6k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-30
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-09-26
    MARR, Derek resigned
    director
  4. 2025-04-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  5. 2025-04-16
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  6. 2025-04-16
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    Charge satisfied #4
  7. 2025-04-16
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    Charge satisfied #2
  8. 2025-04-14
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-12-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2024-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2022-05-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-05-17
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  14. 2022-05-05
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  15. 2022-05-05
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  16. 2022-04-19
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  17. 2020-11-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2020-09-18
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  19. 2020-09-18
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  20. 2020-09-18
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  21. 2020-09-18
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  22. 2020-09-01
    MARR, Derek appointed
    director
  23. 2020-09-01
    MILTON, Alan John resigned
    director
  24. 2020-05-13
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  25. 2019-10-20
    MILTON, Nicola appointed
    director
  26. 2019-09-04
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  27. 2019-09-04
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Caledonian Heritable Limited
  28. 2019-08-22
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Caledonian Heritable Limited
  29. 2019-06-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  30. 2019-03-13
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALHAMA UBB LIMITED
  31. 2019-03-13
    MILTON, Alan John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

45/100
Moderate signal

Some succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

Red flags

1 med ·
Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Nicola Milton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1975 · age 51
2550%
25-50% shares01/09/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Alan John Miltonceased 01/09/2020· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2019-03-13
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

46 Bankton Way
Livingston
EH54 9EG
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-15
Last: 2026-04-01

Officers (1 active · 2 resigned)

MILTON, Nicola
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-10-20
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Active
MARR, Derek
director · ~77y · appointed 2020-09-01 · resigned 2025-09-26
Resigned
MILTON, Alan John
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-03-13 · resigned 2020-09-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

4
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge1 property04/09/201916/04/2025
outstanding
Caledonian Heritable
Caledonian Heritable Limited
A registered charge1 property04/09/2019
satisfied
Caledonian Heritable
Caledonian Heritable Limited
A registered charge22/08/201916/04/2025
outstanding
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
A registered charge28/06/2019
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Recent filings (36 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-09-30
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-16
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2022-05-17
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-05-05