ALLAN AUSTIN LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
00474623 · ltd · incorporated 1949-11-04
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£54.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 13922
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 74). 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
1 live charge · oldest 38.9y
45/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
100 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £54,142
Net assets shrinking
Down £7,734 YoY
Cash YoY
+30%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£16k
↑ 30% YoY
Net Worth
£54k
↓ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£96k
↓ 10% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £55.6k | £63.7k |
| Current assets | £95.6k | £106.6k |
| Cash | £15.9k | £12.2k |
| Debtors | £36.5k | £44.7k |
| Net assets | £54.1k | £61.9k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
0
filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-08-09📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-08-09📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2024-08-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-07-27📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-02📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2024-03-02🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2023-12-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-08-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2017-08-11➖EVANS, Bernard George resigneddirector
- 2013-05-17➖EVANS, Jeanette Delcia resigneddirector
- 1987-08-25🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1949-11-04🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLAN AUSTIN LIMITED
Owner dependency
90/100
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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 77 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
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 John Bernard Evans Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1949-11-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC13922 — SIC 13922
Registered office
Sandwell Business Park
1 Ash Court
Crystal Drive
Smethwick West Midlands
B66 1QG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
EVANS, Bernard George→
Resigneddirector · ~107y · resigned 2017-08-11
EVANS, Jeanette Delcia→
Resigneddirector · ~104y · resigned 2013-05-17
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/08/1987 | 02/03/2024 |
Recent filings (100 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-09-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-10
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-09
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-08-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-12
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2024-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-29