ALLIED SIGNS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
00430570 · ltd · incorporated 1947-03-03
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
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£295.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). 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).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 38.8y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
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
113 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £295,504
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,914 YoY
Cash YoY
-8%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£326k
↓ 8.4% YoY
Net Worth
£296k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£597k
↑ 4.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-11-30 | 2023-11-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £312.4k | £314.3k |
| Current assets | £596.9k | £570.8k |
| Cash | £325.9k | £355.7k |
| Debtors | £266.9k | £211.3k |
| Net assets | £295.5k | £298.4k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-18📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2025-12-17📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-31📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-24📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-10-24📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2022-10-24🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2022-08-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-22📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-08-22📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-08-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-08-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-27📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2019-08-19📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2019-08-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-12-13➖RABONE, Neil David resigneddirector
- 2010-04-28➕RABONE, Andrew Roy appointeddirector
- 2009-03-31➖RABONE, Andrew resigneddirector
- 2008-07-29➖EXECUTORS OF RABONE, Roy William resigneddirector
- 2006-11-06➕RABONE, Andrew appointeddirector
- 2006-11-06➕RABONE, Neil David appointeddirector
- 1997-05-06➕RABONE, Andrew appointedsecretary
- 1997-05-06➖HILL, Kenneth Edward resignedsecretary
- 1997-05-06➖HILL, Kenneth Edward resigneddirector
- 1991-05-23🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1990-09-10🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1987-09-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1947-03-03🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLIED SIGNS LIMITED
Owner dependency
93/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 79 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Roy Rabone Individual · British · DOB 08/1966 · age 60 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Neil Raboneceased 13/12/2018· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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| A.M.M.E. LIMITED→ 01603560 · est 1981 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 44y | — | — |
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| ALUCA UK LTD.→ 16552699 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| ALUPOINT WINDOWS LTD→ 16688398 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AM EXTRACTIONS & CANOPY VENTILATION LTD→ 16663426 · est 2025 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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| AMINGTON LIMITED→ 01516435 · est 1980 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 45y | — | — |
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| AMIRA BLINDS LIMITED→ 17063641 · est 2026 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| AMMO & COMPANY LTD.→ 02704515 · est 1992 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 34y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1947-03-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
573 Chester Road
Sutton Coldfield
B73 5HU
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-29
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-05
Last: 2025-11-21
Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)
Active
RABONE, Andrew Roy→
Activedirector · ~60y · appointed 2010-04-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HILL, Kenneth Edward→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 1997-05-06
EXECUTORS OF RABONE, Roy William→
Resigneddirector · ~89y · resigned 2008-07-29
HILL, Kenneth Edward→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · resigned 1997-05-06
RABONE, Andrew→
Resigneddirector · ~60y · appointed 2006-11-06 · resigned 2009-03-31
RABONE, Neil David→
Resigneddirector · ~63y · appointed 2006-11-06 · resigned 2018-12-13
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 10/09/1990 | 24/10/2022 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 25/09/1987 | 23/05/1991 |
Recent filings (113 total)
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-12-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-10-24
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2022-10-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-22