ALLAN WEBB LTD

🌳Matureactive

01780818 · ltd · incorporated 1983-12-23

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£3.34M

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Book publishing

Sector: Information & communication

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -47% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

20 officers (8 active, 20 linked, 17 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

157 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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £3,341,231

Cash draining

Cash down 47% YoY

Cash YoY

-47%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£1.9m

↓ 47% YoY

Net Worth

£3.3m

↑ 22% YoY

Current Assets

£6.2m

↓ 16% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£3.38M	£2.80M
Current assets	£6.19M	£7.40M
Cash	£1.95M	£3.67M
Debtors	£4.24M	£3.73M
Net assets	£3.34M	£2.74M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (46 events)Click to expand

2025-12-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2025-09-23
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persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC01
2024-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-medium
accounts · AA
2024-05-29
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-05-29
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-02-20
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second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2024-02-12
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-02-12
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capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2024-02-12
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capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-01-24
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-01-19
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LIPINGTON, Rory James, Mr. resigned
director
2024-01-19
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-01-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-09-06
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-09-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-09-05
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LLOYD, Andrew Richard appointed
director
2023-07-21
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-07-21
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-07-14
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capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-12-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-17
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BAXTER, Anne appointed
director
2022-02-22
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LEWIS, Martin Reginald resigned
director
2021-04-23
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COPP, Mark William, Mr. resigned
director
2020-11-11
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HAYES, Ian John appointed
secretary
2020-11-11
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HARDCASTLE, John Christopher resigned
secretary
2020-07-01
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HARDCASTLE, John Christopher appointed
secretary
2020-06-18
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WEBB, Richard Allan resigned
secretary
2020-06-18
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WEBB, Richard Allan resigned
director
2019-07-01
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COPP, Mark William, Mr. appointed
director
2016-11-23
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HAYES, Ian John, Mr. appointed
director
2013-04-02
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LIPINGTON, Rory James, Mr. appointed
director
2011-11-03
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WEBB, Emma Marian appointed
director
2011-11-03
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WEBB, Martin Richard resigned
director
2009-08-18
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LIPINGTON, Rory James, Mr. resigned
director
2007-11-01
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JONES, Gordon resigned
director
2006-11-02
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LIPINGTON, Rory James, Mr. appointed
director
2004-12-01
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LEWIS, Martin Reginald appointed
director
2002-12-01
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RIGSBY, Steven Mathew George Peter appointed
director
2002-05-01
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WEBB, Martin Richard appointed
director
2001-12-01
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JONES, Gareth David appointed
director
2001-12-01
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WEBB, Martin Richard resigned
director
1999-06-11
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LAMPARD, William Stanley John resigned
director
1998-10-05
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WEBB, Ethel Doris resigned
director
1998-07-01
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HARDCASTLE, John Christopher appointed
director
1983-12-23
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Company incorporated
As ALLAN WEBB LTD

Owner dependency

80/100

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

-7 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "WEBB" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Emma Marian Webb Individual · British · DOB 02/1982 · age 44	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	02/09/2020

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mr Richard Allan Webbceased 18/06/2020· 25-50% shares

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1983-12-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

Red Lodge

Bonds Mill Estate

Stonehouse

Gloucestershire

GL10 3RF

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23