ALLIED MACHINERY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02687049 · ltd · incorporated 1992-02-13
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£4.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33200
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
85 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £4,540

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£5k
↑ 39% YoY
Current Assets
£230k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£46k£92k£138k£184k£230kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-04-052024-04-05
Total assets£4.5k£5.8k
Current assets£230.1k£179.4k
Cash—£34.6k
Debtors—£80.2k
Net assets£4.5k£3.3k

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2024-07-25
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  3. 2023-08-15
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  4. 2022-07-21
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-05-19
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-12
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    officers · AP01
  7. 2021-04-05
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    STROTHER, Ruth appointed
    director
  8. 2021-02-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-06
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  10. 2018-05-08
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  11. 2017-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-06
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-03-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-11-04
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    officers · TM01
  15. 2015-10-31
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    STROTHER, Julia Patricia resigned
    director
  16. 2015-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-03-13
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    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2009-11-10
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    WALKER, David Arthur resigned
    director
  19. 2004-06-07
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    WALKER, Anne resigned
    director
  20. 2003-04-06
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    WALKER, Anne appointed
    director
  21. 1997-06-01
    ➕
    WALKER, David Arthur appointed
    director
  22. 1992-03-09
    ➕
    STROTHER, Michael Jeffrey appointed
    secretary
  23. 1992-03-09
    ➕
    STROTHER, Michael Jeffrey appointed
    director
  24. 1992-03-09
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1992-03-09
    ➕
    STROTHER, Julia Patricia appointed
    director
  26. 1992-03-09
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1992-02-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIED MACHINERY LIMITED
  28. 1992-02-13
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 1992-02-13
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 34 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 34 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 34 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Jeffrey Strother
Individual · British · DOB 07/1952 · age 74
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated1992-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33200 — SIC 33200

Registered office

4 Green Lane
Cookridge
Leeds
LS16 7LP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-05
Last made up to: 2025-04-05
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-10
Last: 2025-05-27

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

STROTHER, Michael Jeffrey→
secretary · appointed 1992-03-09
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Active
STROTHER, Michael Jeffrey→
director · ~74y · appointed 1992-03-09
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Active
STROTHER, Ruth→
director · ~71y · appointed 2021-04-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-02-13 · resigned 1992-03-09
Resigned
STROTHER, Julia Patricia→
director · ~74y · appointed 1992-03-09 · resigned 2015-10-31
Resigned
WALKER, Anne→
director · ~81y · appointed 2003-04-06 · resigned 2004-06-07
Resigned
WALKER, David Arthur→
director · ~83y · appointed 1997-06-01 · resigned 2009-11-10
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-02-13 · resigned 1992-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (85 total)

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2026-01-05
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2025-06-20
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2024-07-25
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2024-06-25
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2023-08-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-07-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-19
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-06-06