ALLIED (TOOLING) LTD

🌳Matureactive

01716510 · ltd · incorporated 1983-04-20

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

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£1.48M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46620

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

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Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -99% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 41.7y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 41.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Cashflow trend is negative — lender view likely cautious.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

13 officers (6 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

134 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £1,481,947

Net assets shrinking

Down £56,784 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 99% YoY

Cash YoY

-99%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£378

↓ 99% YoY

Net Worth

£1.5m

↓ 3.7% YoY

Current Assets

£1.9m

↓ 17% YoY

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£2.41M	£2.51M
Current assets	£1.87M	£2.25M
Cash	£378	£40.2k
Debtors	£1.03M	£1.32M
Net assets	£1.48M	£1.54M

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand

2026-04-17
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accounts · AA
2025-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-27
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officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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KNIGHT, Roderic William Sydney resigned
director
2024-09-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-08-21
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-20
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officers · CH01
2024-08-20
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-02
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officers · CH01
2023-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-06-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-03-09
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2021-03-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2020-03-13
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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officers · AP01
2020-01-03
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officers · TM01
2020-01-01
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VINEY, Jordan James appointed
director
2019-12-31
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HARRISON, Malcolm Graham resigned
director
2019-08-29
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accounts · AA
2017-04-03
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GOLLOP, Caroline Mary appointed
director
2015-01-01
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HACKER, Colin Wesley appointed
director
2014-06-23
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GOLLOP, Caroline Mary appointed
secretary
2014-06-23
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BLOOR, Michael Ernest resigned
secretary
2014-06-23
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BLOOR, Michael Ernest resigned
director
2012-03-09
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VINEY, Richard John resigned
director
2009-09-22
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Charge satisfied #3
2005-10-10
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VINEY, Jean Beatrice resigned
secretary
2005-07-15
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BLOOR, Michael Ernest appointed
secretary
2004-08-31
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NOTON, Stephen Richard resigned
director
2001-03-28
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
1999-01-04
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NOTON, Stephen Richard appointed
director
1998-01-01
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HARRISON, Malcolm Graham appointed
director
1997-11-01
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KNIGHT, Roderic William Sydney appointed
director
1992-01-10
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1984-09-18
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
1983-04-20
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Company incorporated
As ALLIED (TOOLING) LTD

Owner dependency

63/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100

Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 43 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.)

Group structure

Conception Holdings Ltd holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Conception Holdings Ltd

Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares

significant stake

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ALLIED (TOOLING) LTD

This company · 01716510

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Conception Holdings Ltd Corporate entity	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	16/02/2021
Mr Michael John Viney Individual · British · DOB 01/1960 · age 66	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Stephen Mark Vineyceased 07/07/2017· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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

Incorporated1983-04-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46620 — SIC 46620

Registered office

3 Durrant Road

Bournemouth

Dorset

BH2 6NE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-05

Last: 2026-03-22