ALLENS ANTIQUES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01286806 · ltd · incorporated 1976-11-17
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (83/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
9 officers (2 active, 9 linked, 7 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
14 connected companies via shared directors
87
Filing history
112 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-28

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2025-10-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-11-01
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    COX, Mark Beaumont appointed
    director
  11. 2019-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-11-01
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2018-10-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-11-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2014-11-07
    ➖
    COX, Ashley Paul resigned
    director
  18. 2010-07-30
    ➖
    COX, Mark Beaumont resigned
    director
  19. 2010-07-15
    ➖
    COX, Mark Beaumont resigned
    secretary
  20. 2010-07-15
    ➕
    COX, Ashley Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2008-09-19
    ➕
    COX, Alan Thomas appointed
    director
  22. 2008-09-19
    ➖
    COX, Paul Alan resigned
    director
  23. 1995-07-04
    ➕
    COX, Mark Beaumont appointed
    secretary
  24. 1995-07-04
    ➖
    COX, Shirley Marie resigned
    secretary
  25. 1995-07-04
    ➖
    COX, Alan Thomas resigned
    director
  26. 1995-07-04
    ➕
    COX, Mark Beaumont appointed
    director
  27. 1995-07-04
    ➕
    COX, Paul Alan appointed
    director
  28. 1995-07-04
    ➖
    COX, Shirley Marie resigned
    director
  29. 1976-11-17
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLENS ANTIQUES LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 18 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 49 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

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Mark Beaumont Cox
Individual · British Virgin Islander · DOB 06/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2025
Mr Paul Alan Cox
Individual · British · DOB 02/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2025
Mr Alan Thomas Cox
Individual · British · DOB 06/1936 · age 90
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1976-11-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Allens Business Park Skellingthorpe Road
Saxilby
Lincoln
LN1 2GH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-03
Last: 2025-10-20

Officers (2 active · 7 resigned)

COX, Alan Thomas→
director · ~90y · appointed 2008-09-19
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Active
COX, Mark Beaumont→
director · ~62y · appointed 2019-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
COX, Mark Beaumont→
secretary · appointed 1995-07-04 · resigned 2010-07-15
Resigned
COX, Shirley Marie→
secretary · resigned 1995-07-04
Resigned
COX, Alan Thomas→
director · ~90y · resigned 1995-07-04
Resigned
COX, Ashley Paul→
director · ~38y · appointed 2010-07-15 · resigned 2014-11-07
Resigned
COX, Mark Beaumont→
director · ~62y · appointed 1995-07-04 · resigned 2010-07-30
Resigned
COX, Paul Alan→
director · ~63y · appointed 1995-07-04 · resigned 2008-09-19
Resigned
COX, Shirley Marie→
director · ~88y · resigned 1995-07-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (112 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-29
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-10-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-10-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-05