ALLINGTON MARINA HOLDING COMPANY LTD
🌳Matureactive
01071281 · ltd · incorporated 1972-09-12
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 43.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£450.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-trading company
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueDormant / non-trading. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.
Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 43.0y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.0 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: 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
100 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
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 £450,567
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£451k
~ YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £450.6k | £450.6k |
| Net assets | £450.6k | £450.6k |
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.
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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-09-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-09-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-31➕LARKIN, Adrian Peter William appointeddirector
- 2022-03-31📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-02📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-07-02📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2021-03-16📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2021-02-17📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2021-02-17📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-12-02📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2020-10-03➖LARKIN, Peter William resigneddirector
- 2020-08-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-03-07📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 1991-12-31➖BURROWS, William Michael resigneddirector
- 1983-09-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1983-07-29🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1972-09-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLINGTON MARINA HOLDING COMPANY LTD
Owner dependency
81/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
36/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
SIGNALS
- primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — LARKIN, Adrian Peter William (same surname) appointed 2022-03-31. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 54 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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Adrian Peter William Larkin Individual · British · DOB 04/1976 · age 50 | 75–100% | 75–100% | 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting | 16/04/2021 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Eileen Mary Larkinceased 16/04/2021· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
- Mr Peter William Larkinceased 03/10/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
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
Incorporated1972-09-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC74990 — Non-trading company
Registered office
Allington Marina Ltd
Castle Road Allington
Maidstone Kent
ME16 0NH
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-14
Last: 2025-12-31
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
LARKIN, Adrian Peter William→
Activedirector · ~50y · appointed 2022-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BURROWS, William Michael→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 1991-12-31
LARKIN, Peter William→
Resigneddirector · ~78y · resigned 2020-10-03
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Charge | 1 property | 16/09/1983 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 29/07/1983 | — |
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Recent filings (100 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-23
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-07-02
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2021-07-02
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-03-16
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2021-02-17