ALLWAYS SHIPPING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02611891 · ltd · incorporated 1991-05-17
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 Aug 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other transportation support activities
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

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

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
94 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
Cash
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees2200

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-18
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  3. 2024-01-22
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  4. 2023-02-13
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  6. 2022-01-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-02-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-17
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-02-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2017-03-14
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-06-03
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-05-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-27
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-05-24
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    ALLCROFT, Jason Matthew appointed
    director
  17. 1993-05-17
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    ALLCROFT, Susan resigned
    director
  18. 1991-07-08
    ➕
    ALLCROFT, Susan appointed
    secretary
  19. 1991-07-08
    ➕
    ALLCROFT, Ian appointed
    director
  20. 1991-07-08
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1991-07-08
    ➕
    ALLCROFT, Susan appointed
    director
  22. 1991-07-08
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1991-05-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLWAYS SHIPPING LIMITED
  24. 1991-05-17
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1991-05-17
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Susan Allcroft
Individual · British · DOB 12/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Ian Allcroft
Individual · British · DOB 09/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1991-05-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC52290 — Other transportation support activities

Registered office

Capital House 272 Manchester Road
Droylsden
Manchester
M43 6PW
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

ALLCROFT, Susan→
secretary · appointed 1991-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLCROFT, Ian→
director · ~80y · appointed 1991-07-08
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Active
ALLCROFT, Jason Matthew→
director · ~54y · appointed 2004-05-24
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Active
ALLCROFT, Susan→
director · ~79y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-05-17 · resigned 1991-07-08
Resigned
ALLCROFT, Susan→
director · ~79y · appointed 1991-07-08 · resigned 1993-05-17
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1991-05-17 · resigned 1991-07-08
Resigned

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Recent filings (94 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-13
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-13