ALLISON & BUSBY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
02750589 · ltd · incorporated 1992-09-25
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 33.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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Net worth
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Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Book publishing
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 33.3y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 33.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 7 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
177 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£181k£362k£543k£725k£906kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets—£709.0k
Current assets—£905.7k
Net assets—£709.0k
Average employees800—

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 miscellaneous
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 miscellaneous
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (42 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-18
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  2. 2026-04-18
    📄
    legacy
    miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
  3. 2026-03-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2025-09-04
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-05-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-10-31
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-09-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-29
    📄
    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  11. 2020-07-29
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2019-05-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-09-14
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2018-06-28
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-29
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-11
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2017-07-11
    📄
    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  18. 2006-08-31
    ➕
    WILSONS (COMPANY SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-08-31
    ➖
    MEYER, Janine Marjorie resigned
    secretary
  20. 1996-06-29
    🔓
    Charge satisfied #2
  21. 1996-06-27
    ➕
    CANELLAS, Juan Vinals appointed
    director
  22. 1996-06-27
    ➕
    CERIOLA, Nuria appointed
    director
  23. 1996-06-27
    ➖
    FEAR, Sean Martin resigned
    secretary
  24. 1996-06-27
    ➕
    MEYER, Janine Marjorie appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-06-27
    ➖
    CHAPMAN, Geoffrey Richard resigned
    director
  26. 1996-06-27
    ➖
    CHAPMAN, Jennifer Mary resigned
    director
  27. 1996-06-27
    ➖
    DAY, Peter resigned
    director
  28. 1995-09-04
    ➖
    WILSON, Julian resigned
    director
  29. 1994-01-22
    ➖
    EVANS, Roger resigned
    director
  30. 1994-01-21
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Geoffrey Richard appointed
    director
  31. 1993-02-12
    🔒
    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Virgin Publishing Limited
  32. 1993-02-10
    🔒
    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  33. 1992-11-18
    ➕
    EVANS, Roger appointed
    director
  34. 1992-10-21
    ➕
    FEAR, Sean Martin appointed
    secretary
  35. 1992-10-21
    ➖
    CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 1992-10-21
    ➕
    CHAPMAN, Jennifer Mary appointed
    director
  37. 1992-10-21
    ➕
    DAY, Peter appointed
    director
  38. 1992-10-21
    ➕
    WILSON, Julian appointed
    director
  39. 1992-10-21
    ➖
    CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  40. 1992-09-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLISON & BUSBY LIMITED
  41. 1992-09-25
    ➕
    CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  42. 1992-09-25
    ➕
    CCS DIRECTORS 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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

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 75 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 30 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Maria Arantzazu Sarasola Ormazabal
Individual · Spanish · DOB 10/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/08/2016
Francisco Javier Moll De Miguel
Individual · Spanish · DOB 05/1950 · age 76
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/08/2016

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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1992-09-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC58110 — Book publishing

Registered office

11 Wardour Mews
London
W1F 8AN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-08
Last: 2025-07-25

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

WILSONS (COMPANY SECRETARIES) LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-08-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CANELLAS, Juan Vinals→
director · ~75y · appointed 1996-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CERIOLA, Nuria→
director · ~62y · appointed 1996-06-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FEAR, Sean Martin→
secretary · appointed 1992-10-21 · resigned 1996-06-27
Resigned
MEYER, Janine Marjorie→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-27 · resigned 2006-08-31
Resigned
CCS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1992-10-21
Resigned
CHAPMAN, Geoffrey Richard→
director · ~82y · appointed 1994-01-21 · resigned 1996-06-27
Resigned
CHAPMAN, Jennifer Mary→
director · ~76y · appointed 1992-10-21 · resigned 1996-06-27
Resigned
DAY, Peter→
director · ~89y · appointed 1992-10-21 · resigned 1996-06-27
Resigned
EVANS, Roger→
director · ~79y · appointed 1992-11-18 · resigned 1994-01-22
Resigned
WILSON, Julian→
director · ~66y · appointed 1992-10-21 · resigned 1995-09-04
Resigned
CCS DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1992-09-25 · resigned 1992-10-21
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Virgin Publishing
Virgin Publishing Limited
Debenture1 property12/02/199329/06/1996
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property10/02/199329/07/2020

Recent filings (177 total)

legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-18
legacy
miscellaneous · RP01PSC01
2026-04-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-29