ALLEN (PARK FOOT) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01933299 · ltd · incorporated 1985-07-25

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 Feb 2025

Net worth

£6.87M

book net assets

Opportunity

76/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 55300

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 95-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 95). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -69% 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

5 live charges · oldest 21.6y

45/100

under pressure

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

· Oldest live charge is 21.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

10 officers (8 active, 10 linked, 9 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

2 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

112 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

76/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Adequate — check latest filings for context.

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 £6,865,539

Net assets shrinking

Down £183,117 YoY

Cash draining

Cash down 69% YoY

Cash YoY

-69%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£608k

↓ 69% YoY

Net Worth

£6.9m

↓ 2.6% YoY

Current Assets

£2.0m

↓ 30% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-02-28	2024-02-29
Total assets	£7.25M	£7.46M
Current assets	£1.99M	£2.84M
Cash	£608.3k	£1.99M
Debtors	£882.8k	£640.8k
Net assets	£6.87M	£7.05M

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

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2 signals 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

filing

• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand

2026-02-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-22
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ALLEN, Barbara Josephine resigned
secretary
2025-08-22
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-08-22
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officers · TM02
2025-07-30
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accounts · AA
2024-11-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-20
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-01-20
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2023-01-20
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capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2023-01-19
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capital · SH08
2022-11-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
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capital · SH10
2021-06-02
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capital · SH01
2021-06-02
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change-of-constitution · CC04
2021-06-02
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2021-06-02
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-04-29
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officers · AP01
2021-04-28
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officers · AP01
2021-04-28
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officers · AP01
2021-04-06
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BELL, Emma Robyn appointed
director
2021-04-06
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HUGHES, Joanne Fiona appointed
director
2021-04-06
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MOWBRAY, Coral appointed
director
2021-04-06
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MOWBRAY, John James appointed
director
2014-07-10
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2014-01-10
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2013-12-18
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2004-11-01
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2004-11-01
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
1999-03-04
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MOWBRAY, Paul resigned
director
1985-07-25
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Company incorporated
As ALLEN (PARK FOOT) LIMITED

Owner dependency

78/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-8 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 95 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

70/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 95 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 41 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

Red flags

1 low

5 live charges

low

Heavily leveraged with multiple live security positions — understand the capital structure before proceeding.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Fiona Jacqueline Bell Individual · British · DOB 02/1961 · age 65	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/09/2016
Barbara Josephine Allen Individual	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/09/2016

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

Incorporated1985-07-25

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC55300 — SIC 55300

Registered office

Park Foot

Howtown

Penrith

Cumbria

CA10 2NA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-11-30

Last made up to: 2025-02-28

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-05

Last: 2025-08-22