ALLAWAY ACOUSTICS LIMITED
📈Growthactive
00958950 · ltd · incorporated 1969-07-25
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).
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Refinance opportunity
8 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 46.2y
45/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 46.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
- · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
8 charges (8/8 with lender, 8/8 with type)
90
Directors & officers
10 officers (4 active, 10 linked, 8 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
7 connected companies via shared directors
66
Filing history
142 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Profitable
Profit before tax £12,900,236
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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| Profit before tax | £12.90M | £7.59M |
| Average employees | 42 | 3700 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 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
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-06-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-mediumaccounts · AA
- 2023-06-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-06-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-25📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2021-08-23🔒Charge registered #8Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2021-07-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-03-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2020-03-11➕WADE, William Charles appointeddirector
- 2019-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-07📄legacymiscellaneous · RP04CS01
- 2018-04-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-20📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-11-15🔒Charge registered #7Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 2014-11-19➖WADE, Alison resignedsecretary
- 2013-12-31➖DYE, Christine Janet resignedsecretary
- 2013-12-31➕WADE, Alison appointedsecretary
- 2011-11-18🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2011-11-18🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2011-11-18🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2011-11-16➖STOCK, Graham resigneddirector
- 2004-03-15➖STOCK, William resigneddirector
- 2001-11-15🔓Charge satisfied #6
- 2000-10-05➕SAUNDERS, Mark appointeddirector
- 2000-10-05➕STOCK, Graham appointeddirector
- 1995-07-12➕GRIEVES, James Robert appointeddirector
- 1994-12-12➖BERBANK GREEN, David resigneddirector
- 1994-08-26➖COOPER, Michael Eric Brotherston resigneddirector
- 1993-08-25🔒Charge registered #6Lender: Close Brothers Limited
- 1992-04-03🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1991-08-06🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1988-12-22🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1988-12-22🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1987-11-02🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1982-05-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1980-05-20🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1969-07-25🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLAWAY ACOUSTICS LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
80/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 57 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
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Group structure
Allaway Group Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
🏛️ultimate parent
Allaway Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
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ALLAWAY ACOUSTICS LIMITED
This company · 00958950
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Allaway Group Ltd Corporate entity | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 29/09/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1969-07-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43999 — Other specialised construction activities n.e.c.
Registered office
1 Queen Road
Hertford
Herts
SG14 1EN
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-14
Last: 2025-09-30
Officers (4 active · 6 resigned)
GRIEVES, James Robert→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 1995-07-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SAUNDERS, Mark→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2000-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WADE, William Charles→
Activedirector · ~38y · appointed 2020-03-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DYE, Christine Janet→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2013-12-31
WADE, Alison→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2013-12-31 · resigned 2014-11-19
BERBANK GREEN, David→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · resigned 1994-12-12
COOPER, Michael Eric Brotherston→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 1994-08-26
STOCK, Graham→
Resigneddirector · ~64y · appointed 2000-10-05 · resigned 2011-11-16
STOCK, William→
Resigneddirector · ~97y · resigned 2004-03-15
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Mortgages & charges
8
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:8 of 8 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 23/08/2021 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 15/11/2017 | — | |
| satisfied | Close Brothers Close Brothers Limited | Credit agreement | 1 property | 25/08/1993 | 15/11/2001 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 03/04/1992 | 18/11/2011 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Guarantee and debenture | 1 property | 06/08/1991 | 18/11/2011 | |
| satisfied | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 02/11/1987 | 18/11/2011 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 14/05/1982 | 22/12/1988 | |
| satisfied | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 20/05/1980 | 22/12/1988 |
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Recent filings (142 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-13
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2021-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-12