J.& J.R.ALLEN(CULCHETH)LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00704011 · ltd · incorporated 1961-09-25
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 48.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01500
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 48.3y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 48.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
93 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30
Average employees2200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
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 (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-20
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  2. 2025-02-14
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  3. 2024-03-28
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  4. 2023-03-31
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  5. 2022-03-31
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  6. 2022-02-20
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  7. 2022-02-20
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  8. 2022-02-20
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  9. 2022-02-20
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    officers · TM02
  10. 2022-02-08
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    ALLEN, Anne Margaret appointed
    secretary
  11. 2022-02-08
    ➕
    ALLEN, Anne Margaret appointed
    director
  12. 2022-02-07
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    ALLEN, Joan resigned
    secretary
  13. 2022-02-07
    ➖
    ALLEN, Joan resigned
    director
  14. 2021-06-28
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  15. 2020-06-11
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  16. 2020-04-16
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    mortgage · MR04
  17. 2020-04-16
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 2019-03-27
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  19. 2018-03-29
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  20. 2017-04-04
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  21. 2005-04-08
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    ALLEN, David Robert appointed
    director
  22. 2004-12-02
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    ALLEN, Joseph Raymond resigned
    director
  23. 1978-03-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank Limited
  24. 1961-09-25
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    Company incorporated
    As J.& J.R.ALLEN(CULCHETH)LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 65 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr David Robert Allen
Individual · British · DOB 03/1956 · age 70
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/05/2017
Mrs June Margaret Desantis
Individual · British · DOB 06/1958 · age 68
25–50%
—25-50% shares25/05/2017

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
Incorporated1961-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01500 — SIC 01500

Registered office

Franks Farm
Culcheth
Nr Warrington
WA3 5AW

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-08
Last: 2026-05-25

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ALLEN, Anne Margaret→
secretary · appointed 2022-02-08
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Active
ALLEN, Anne Margaret→
director · ~64y · appointed 2022-02-08
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Active
ALLEN, David Robert→
director · ~70y · appointed 2005-04-08
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Active
ALLEN, Joan→
secretary · resigned 2022-02-07
Resigned
ALLEN, Joan→
director · ~94y · resigned 2022-02-07
Resigned
ALLEN, Joseph Raymond→
director · ~94y · resigned 2004-12-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank Limited
Legal mortgage1 property09/03/197816/04/2020

Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-25
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accounts · AA
2026-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-31
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-02-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-20
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-02-20
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-02-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-28