ALLIED ASSOCIATES (GEOPHYSICAL) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
02223636 · ltd · incorporated 1988-02-23
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£897.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueAsset-holding vehicle with a 67-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 77/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 67). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 4 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
5 live charges · 4 lenders · oldest 31.2y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 31.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 4 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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
5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
120 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Positive net assets
Net assets £897,659
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£260k
Net Worth
£898k
Current Assets
£827k
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-10-31 | 2023-10-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.01M | — |
| Current assets | £826.7k | — |
| Cash | £260.2k | — |
| Debtors | £209.4k | — |
| Net assets | £897.7k | — |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2025-03-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2024-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-04-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-29➕BELL, James appointeddirector
- 2021-01-29📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-20📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2020-08-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-08-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-08-20📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-08-19📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-02-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-10🔓Charge satisfied #5
- 2018-09-10🔓Charge satisfied #4
- 2018-09-10🔓Charge satisfied #3
- 2008-02-11🔒Charge registered #5Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2005-04-06🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 2000-05-03🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 1999-03-04🔒Charge registered #4Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1999-03-01🔒Charge registered #3Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1997-08-21➖UNDERWOOD, Roy Francis resigneddirector
- 1996-04-22🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Alex. Lawrie Receivables Financing Limited
- 1995-04-28🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 1991-05-01➕UNDERWOOD, Roy Francis appointeddirector
- 1990-10-31➖LIVENS, Ronald Derek resigneddirector
- 1988-02-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLIED ASSOCIATES (GEOPHYSICAL) 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
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
60/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
1 med ·Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern
mediumMultiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Norman Stuart Bell Individual · British · DOB 12/1959 · age 67 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 13/02/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 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
Incorporated1988-02-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC72190 — Other research and experimental development on natural sciences and engineering
Registered office
Concept House 8 The Townsend Centre
Blackburn Road
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU5 5BQ
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-27
Last: 2026-02-13
Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)
Active
Active
Active
Active
LIVENS, Ronald Derek→
Resigneddirector · ~87y · resigned 1990-10-31
UNDERWOOD, Roy Francis→
Resigneddirector · ~75y · appointed 1991-05-01 · resigned 1997-08-21
Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.
Mortgages & charges
5
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 11/02/2008 | 10/09/2018 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal mortgage | 1 property | 04/03/1999 | 10/09/2018 | |
| satisfied | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 01/03/1999 | 10/09/2018 | |
| satisfied | Alex. Lawrie Receivables Financing Alex. Lawrie Receivables Financing Limited | Fixed and floating charge | 1 property | 22/04/1996 | 06/04/2005 | |
| satisfied | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | Single debenture | 1 property | 28/04/1995 | 03/05/2000 |
Recent filings (120 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-01-27