ALLANWOOD PRESS LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 37.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 37.1y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 37.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-07📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2015-04-16📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2015-03-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2014-04-01📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 1994-02-23➕CLOUGH, Beverley Ann Howard appointeddirector
- 1992-06-30➖GRAYSON, Michael Victor resigneddirector
- 1989-06-26🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1963-08-15🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLANWOOD PRESS LIMITED
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 81 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 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 63 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
cleanGroup structure
Hart & Clough 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Hart & Clough Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 26/06/1989 | — |