ALLAGRAF LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03966743 · ltd · incorporated 2000-04-06
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 25.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-174.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 47610
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 58110Book publishing
  • 62090Other information technology service activities
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 67). 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 25.5y

65/100
clean up first

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 25.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — 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, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (3 active, 11 linked, 6 with DOB)
81
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
91 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £174,444
Cash YoY
-5%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£706
↓ 4.9% YoY
Net Worth
-£174k
↑ 4.4% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↑ 6.7% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£182k-£145k-£108k-£71k-£34k£3kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£514£-1.3k
Current assets£2.7k£2.5k
Cash£706£742
Debtors£2.0k£1.8k
Net assets£-174.4k£-182.4k

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-14
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-02-25
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-12-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-12-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-08-25
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  7. 2023-08-25
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2023-02-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-08-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  14. 2017-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2016-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-01-31
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    HARRIS, Alastair John resigned
    director
  17. 2005-08-01
    ➕
    HARRIS, Alastair John appointed
    director
  18. 2004-03-31
    ➕
    KING, Judith Anne appointed
    secretary
  19. 2004-03-31
    ➖
    FARMER, Lynda Ann resigned
    secretary
  20. 2003-12-31
    ➖
    ROGERS, Gary Keith resigned
    director
  21. 2001-03-23
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    ROGERS, Gary Keith appointed
    director
  22. 2001-02-01
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: In the Marketplace (LOND0N) Limited
  23. 2000-10-31
    ➖
    BUNDY, Donald resigned
    director
  24. 2000-07-06
    ➕
    KING, Judith Anne appointed
    director
  25. 2000-06-30
    ➖
    WHITMARSH, Jeremy Rex resigned
    director
  26. 2000-05-17
    ➕
    FARMER, Lynda Ann appointed
    secretary
  27. 2000-05-17
    ➖
    KING, Judith Anne resigned
    secretary
  28. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    KING, Judith Anne appointed
    secretary
  29. 2000-04-14
    ➖
    BART SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2000-04-14
    ➕
    BUNDY, Donald appointed
    director
  31. 2000-04-07
    ➕
    NILSSON, Ake Georg appointed
    director
  32. 2000-04-07
    ➕
    WHITMARSH, Jeremy Rex appointed
    director
  33. 2000-04-07
    ➖
    BART MANAGEMENT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2000-04-06
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLAGRAF LIMITED
  35. 2000-04-06
    ➕
    BART SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  36. 2000-04-06
    ➕
    BART MANAGEMENT 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ake Georg Nilsson
Individual · Swedish · DOB 01/1959 · age 67
25–50%
—25-50% shares01/04/2017

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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-04-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47610 — SIC 47610

Registered office

260-270 Butterfield Great Marlings
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU2 8DL
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-20
Last: 2026-04-06

Officers (3 active · 8 resigned)

KING, Judith Anne→
secretary · appointed 2004-03-31
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Active
KING, Judith Anne→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-07-06
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Active
NILSSON, Ake Georg→
director · ~67y · appointed 2000-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARMER, Lynda Ann→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-17 · resigned 2004-03-31
Resigned
KING, Judith Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2000-05-17
Resigned
BART SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-04-06 · resigned 2000-04-14
Resigned
BUNDY, Donald→
director · ~77y · appointed 2000-04-14 · resigned 2000-10-31
Resigned
HARRIS, Alastair John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2005-08-01 · resigned 2006-01-31
Resigned
ROGERS, Gary Keith→
director · ~62y · appointed 2001-03-23 · resigned 2003-12-31
Resigned
WHITMARSH, Jeremy Rex→
director · ~76y · appointed 2000-04-07 · resigned 2000-06-30
Resigned
BART MANAGEMENT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-04-06 · resigned 2000-04-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
In the Marketplace (LOND0N)
In the Marketplace (LOND0N) Limited
Rent deposit deed1 property01/02/2001—
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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-04-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-08-25
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-28
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-08-02