ALLERTHORPE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02108696 · ltd · incorporated 1987-03-10
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£67.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 36.3y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 36.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)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
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
96 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £67,582
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,231 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£68k
↓ 3.2% YoY
Current Assets
£10k
↓ 1.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £67.6k | £69.8k |
| Current assets | £10.4k | £10.5k |
| Net assets | £67.6k | £69.8k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Last 90 days
4
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
- • 2 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-22📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2026-04-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-11-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-12-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-06-09📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2016-04-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2015-10-23📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2015-10-14➕POCKLINGTON, Simon appointedsecretary
- 2015-10-14➖POCKLINGTON, Vivien resignedsecretary
- 2015-10-14➖POCKLINGTON, Vivien resigneddirector
- 2012-07-25🔒Charge registered #4Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2007-03-01➖WILLKINSON, Sally Anne resignedsecretary
- 2004-08-23➖POCKLINGTON, Eric Bernand resigneddirector
- 2000-08-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC
- 2000-05-14➕WILLKINSON, Sally Anne appointedsecretary
- 1992-02-07🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1990-03-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Midland Bank PLC
- 1987-03-10🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLERTHORPE CONSTRUCTION LIMITED
Owner dependency
73/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial 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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Simon Pocklington Individual · British · DOB 10/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 01/08/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1987-03-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01110 — Growing of cereals (except rice), leguminous crops and oil seeds
Registered office
C/O R.M. English & Son Ltd Full Sutton Airfield
Full Sutton
York
North Yorkshire
YO41 1HS
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-05
Last: 2026-05-22
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
POCKLINGTON, Simon→
Activesecretary · appointed 2015-10-14
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Active
Active
POCKLINGTON, Vivien→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2015-10-14
WILLKINSON, Sally Anne→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-05-14 · resigned 2007-03-01
POCKLINGTON, Eric Bernand→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2004-08-23
POCKLINGTON, Vivien→
Resigneddirector · ~93y · resigned 2015-10-14
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 25/07/2012 | — | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC | Legal mortgage (own account) | 1 property | 01/08/2000 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 07/02/1992 | — | |
| outstanding | Midland Bank Midland Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 05/03/1990 | — |
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Recent filings (96 total)
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2026-05-22
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2026-05-22
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2026-04-28
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2026-04-28
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2025-05-02
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2025-04-25
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2024-04-29
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2024-03-25
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2023-07-03
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accounts · AA
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-03
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2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-20