ALLIED HERITAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02168244 · ltd · incorporated 1987-09-22
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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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
13 officers (4 active, 13 linked, 10 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
117 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
80
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees00

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (35 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-31
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  2. 2024-12-31
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  3. 2023-08-17
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  4. 2023-04-13
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  5. 2023-04-12
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  6. 2023-04-12
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  7. 2022-08-30
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  8. 2021-12-31
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  9. 2021-04-06
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  10. 2019-08-23
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    MOORE, Carol Diane appointed
    director
  11. 2019-04-29
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  12. 2018-06-26
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  13. 2018-04-06
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  14. 2018-03-26
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    ADAMS, Terrence Charles resigned
    director
  15. 2018-01-15
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  16. 2016-09-15
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  17. 2016-05-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2006-09-30
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    MOORE, Carol Diane resigned
    director
  19. 2004-02-27
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    ADAMS, Diana Christine appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-02-27
    ➖
    KENDALL, Denis Edward resigned
    secretary
  21. 2004-02-27
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    KENDALL, Denis Edward resigned
    director
  22. 2004-02-13
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    ADAMS, Diana Christine appointed
    director
  23. 2004-02-13
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    ADAMS, Steven Terence appointed
    director
  24. 2004-02-13
    ➕
    ADAMS, Terrence Charles appointed
    director
  25. 2004-02-13
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    KENDALL, Joan Elizabeth resigned
    director
  26. 2003-02-22
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    MOORE, Carol Diane appointed
    director
  27. 2001-03-26
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    GARDNER, Paul Nicholas resigned
    director
  28. 2001-03-26
    ➕
    KENDALL, Joan Elizabeth appointed
    director
  29. 2000-08-16
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    KENDALL, Denis Edward appointed
    secretary
  30. 2000-08-16
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    STUDD, Gudrun Irmgard resigned
    secretary
  31. 2000-08-16
    ➕
    GARDNER, Paul Nicholas appointed
    director
  32. 2000-08-16
    ➕
    KENDALL, Denis Edward appointed
    director
  33. 2000-08-16
    ➖
    STUDD, Gudrun Irmgard resigned
    director
  34. 2000-08-16
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    STUDD, Mark resigned
    director
  35. 1987-09-22
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIED HERITAGE LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 39 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Diana Christine Adams
Individual · British · DOB 06/1944 · age 82
25–50%
—25-50% shares05/04/2017
Mr Steven Terence Adams
Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/04/2017
Mrs Carol Diane Moore
Individual · British · DOB 08/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control05/04/2017

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
Incorporated1987-09-22
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Woodville
The Green Trewoon
St Austell
Cornwall
PL25 5TA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-19
Last: 2026-04-05

Officers (4 active · 9 resigned)

ADAMS, Diana Christine→
secretary · appointed 2004-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Diana Christine→
director · ~82y · appointed 2004-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ADAMS, Steven Terence→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-02-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MOORE, Carol Diane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2019-08-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
KENDALL, Denis Edward→
secretary · appointed 2000-08-16 · resigned 2004-02-27
Resigned
STUDD, Gudrun Irmgard→
secretary · resigned 2000-08-16
Resigned
ADAMS, Terrence Charles→
director · ~83y · appointed 2004-02-13 · resigned 2018-03-26
Resigned
GARDNER, Paul Nicholas→
director · ~73y · appointed 2000-08-16 · resigned 2001-03-26
Resigned
KENDALL, Denis Edward→
director · ~96y · appointed 2000-08-16 · resigned 2004-02-27
Resigned
KENDALL, Joan Elizabeth→
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-03-26 · resigned 2004-02-13
Resigned
MOORE, Carol Diane→
director · ~59y · appointed 2003-02-22 · resigned 2006-09-30
Resigned
STUDD, Gudrun Irmgard→
director · ~84y · resigned 2000-08-16
Resigned
STUDD, Mark→
director · ~84y · resigned 2000-08-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (117 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-04-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-06