ALLSTAR SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01809515 · ltd · incorporated 1984-04-17
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
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Net worth
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Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 18129
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 51). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

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Refinance opportunity

7 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 38.0y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 38.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · 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
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 6 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
146 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees11001400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-24
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  2. 2026-03-10
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  3. 2026-03-10
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-03-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2022-05-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-05-17
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2022-05-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2022-04-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-05-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-06-18
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-06-09
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    mortgage · MR01
  15. 2020-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-06-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
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  17. 2020-06-08
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  18. 2020-06-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  19. 2020-06-04
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  20. 2019-10-10
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    WARNER, Valerie Sarah appointed
    secretary
  21. 2019-10-09
    ➕
    WARNER, Valerie appointed
    director
  22. 2019-10-09
    ➖
    WARNER, Martin John resigned
    secretary
  23. 2019-10-09
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    WARNER, Martin John resigned
    director
  24. 2016-09-16
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    Charge satisfied #6
  25. 2016-09-16
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    Charge satisfied #4
  26. 2016-09-16
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    Charge satisfied #3
  27. 2011-03-18
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    Charge satisfied #5
  28. 2011-02-22
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  29. 2009-04-03
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    OCONNELL, Thomas resigned
    director
  30. 2003-11-25
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    KONATE, Ewa Malgorzata appointed
    director
  31. 2002-08-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) Limited & Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) Limited
  32. 2000-09-28
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) Limited & Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) Limited
  33. 2000-02-29
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    PARKINS, Anthony John resigned
    director
  34. 1995-07-19
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    Charge satisfied #2
  35. 1995-07-19
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    Charge satisfied #1
  36. 1995-04-03
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  37. 1994-11-08
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    WARNER, Martin John appointed
    secretary
  38. 1994-11-08
    ➕
    PARKINS, Anthony John appointed
    director
  39. 1994-11-04
    ➖
    CAXTON, Mervyn Jonathan resigned
    secretary
  40. 1994-11-04
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    CAXTON, Mervyn Jonathan resigned
    director
  41. 1991-02-04
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  42. 1988-07-19
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  43. 1984-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLSTAR SERVICES LIMITED

Owner dependency

68/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Ms Valerie Warner
Individual · British · DOB 09/1988 · age 38
25–50%
—25-50% shares09/10/2019
Mrs Ewa Malgorzata Konate
Individual · Polish · DOB 08/1975 · age 51
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Martin John Warnerceased 09/10/2019· 50-75% shares

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 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.

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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.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC18129 — SIC 18129

Registered office

25 Forward Drive
Christ Church Industrial Centre
Harrow
Middlesex,
HA3 8NT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-14
Last: 2026-05-31

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

WARNER, Valerie Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2019-10-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KONATE, Ewa Malgorzata→
director · ~51y · appointed 2003-11-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WARNER, Valerie→
director · ~38y · appointed 2019-10-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CAXTON, Mervyn Jonathan→
secretary · resigned 1994-11-04
Resigned
WARNER, Martin John→
secretary · appointed 1994-11-08 · resigned 2019-10-09
Resigned
CAXTON, Mervyn Jonathan→
director · ~74y · resigned 1994-11-04
Resigned
OCONNELL, Thomas→
director · ~70y · resigned 2009-04-03
Resigned
PARKINS, Anthony John→
director · ~72y · appointed 1994-11-08 · resigned 2000-02-29
Resigned
WARNER, Martin John→
director · ~74y · resigned 2019-10-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property04/06/2020—
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property22/02/201116/09/2016
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) Limited & Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) Limited
Chattels mortgage2 properties20/08/200218/03/2011
satisfied
HSBC
Hsbc Asset Finance (UK) Limited & Hsbc Equipment Finance (UK) Limited
Chattels mortgage1 property28/09/200016/09/2016
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Fixed and floating charge1 property03/04/199516/09/2016
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Legal charge1 property04/02/199119/07/1995
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property19/07/198819/07/1995
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Recent filings (146 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-03-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-05-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-05-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-05-17