ALOBP INVESTMENTS LTD
- 68100Buying and selling of own real estate
- 68310Real estate agencies
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 2.0y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 2.0 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredKey financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsFinancials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|
| Total assets | £532.7k |
| Current assets | £848.9k |
| Cash | £87.2k |
| Debtors | £685.5k |
| Net assets | £195.7k |
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
- • 4 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
- • 4 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
- • 5 officers
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-10📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-04-10📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2026-04-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-04-09📄appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP04
- 2026-01-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2025-12-23➕ABERDEIN CONSIDINE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2025-05-13📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2025-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-03📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2024-04-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2024-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-11-21📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2023-11-21📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-01-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-11-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-05-01🏢Company incorporatedAs ALOBP INVESTMENTS LTD
- 2020-05-01➕PORTER, Andrew John appointedsecretary
- 2020-05-01➕PORTER, Andrew John appointeddirector
- 2020-05-01➕PORTER, Lynne Margaret appointeddirector
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
Red flags
cleanGroup structure
A&L Porter Investments Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
A&L Porter Investments Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest | 17/11/2023 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Andrew John Porterceased 17/11/2023· 50-75% shares
- Mrs Lynne Margaret Porterceased 17/11/2023· 50-75% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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6 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
Registered office
Filing status
Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 25/04/2024 | — |