ALATYR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD

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SC839788 · ltd · incorporated 2025-03-03
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
not disclosed
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 43290Other construction installation
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 65/100. 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 (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
4 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (7 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-04
    📄
    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  2. 2025-03-15
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  3. 2025-03-14
    ADAMS, Lee-Ann resigned
    director
  4. 2025-03-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALATYR CONSTRUCTION SERVICES LTD
  5. 2025-03-03
    HECHTER, Jacobus Christoffel appointed
    director
  6. 2025-03-03
    ADAMS, Lee-Ann appointed
    director
  7. 2025-03-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Young company: Only 1.1 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jacobus Christoffel Hechter
Individual · South African · DOB 07/1962 · age 64
5075%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control03/03/2025
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Ms Lee-Ann Adamsceased 14/03/2025· 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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2025-03-03
Jurisdictionscotland
Primary SIC42990 — Construction of other civil engineering projects n.e.c.

Registered office

2 Bargour Farm Cottage Mauchline Road
Hurlford
Kilmarnock
KA1 5JX
Scotland

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-03
Last made up to:
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-16
Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

HECHTER, Jacobus Christoffel
director · ~64y · appointed 2025-03-03
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Active
ADAMS, Lee-Ann
director · ~42y · appointed 2025-03-03 · resigned 2025-03-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (4 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-12
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-15
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2025-03-03