ALLEN SYKES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

02219552 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-10

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.

Opportunity decay

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

69203Tax consultancy

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 23.4y

65/100

clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

· Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

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

Lenders & charges

1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (7 active, 18 linked, 14 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

0 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

3 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

145 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

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

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	3900	3800

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

filing

• 1 resolution

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 resolution

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 resolution
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (43 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-12-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-18
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-11-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-09
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-03-31
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HINDMARSH, Jillian Florence resigned
director
2024-03-11
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2024-03-11
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-02-22
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WOOD, Beverley appointed
secretary
2024-02-22
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HINDMARSH, Jillian Florence resigned
secretary
2023-12-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-08
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MATHER, Deborah Louise appointed
director
2022-08-08
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YARROW, John Paul appointed
director
2022-08-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-12-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-15
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-09-13
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HARGREAVES, Joseph Martin appointed
director
2021-05-04
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2021-03-31
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HERBERT, George Robert resigned
director
2020-12-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-28
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control-statement
persons-with-significant-control · PSC08
2020-05-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-13
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-05-04
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FERDINAND, James Terence Michael appointed
director
2018-09-10
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STANWIX, David resigned
director
2009-04-01
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WOOD, Beverley appointed
director
2009-03-31
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CHIPCHASE, Michael John resigned
director
2008-12-24
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CHIPCHASE, Michael John resigned
secretary
2008-12-24
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HINDMARSH, Jillian Florence appointed
secretary
2003-03-03
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LAMB, Philip William appointed
director
2003-01-20
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Charge registered #1
Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
2002-10-02
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ALLEN, Barry resigned
director
2002-10-02
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MONK, Peter Loftus resigned
director
2000-01-31
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HINDMARSH, Jillian Florence appointed
director
1998-01-30
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CHIPCHASE, Michael John appointed
secretary
1998-01-30
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SYKES, Henry John Leigh resigned
secretary
1998-01-30
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SYKES, Henry John Leigh resigned
director
1993-12-06
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MONK, Peter Loftus appointed
director
1991-01-01
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MONK, Peter Loftus resigned
director
1988-02-10
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Company incorporated
As ALLEN SYKES LIMITED

Owner dependency

58/100

Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS

-6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

60/100

Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 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.)

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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

Incorporated1988-02-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

5 Henson Close

South Church Enterprise Park

Bishop Auckland

County Durham

DL14 6WA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-01-08

Last: 2025-12-25