ALLEN INDUSTRIAL ROOFING LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
04020288 · ltd · incorporated 2000-06-23
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Development of building projects
Sector: Construction
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (75/100)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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
69 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 accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-06-30 | 2024-06-30 |
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| Average employees | 200 | 200 |
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
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-11-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-03-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-06-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2018-03-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2017-08-23📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2017-07-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2017-07-31📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2000-06-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLEN INDUSTRIAL ROOFING LIMITED
- 2000-06-23➕ALLEN, Gail appointedsecretary
- 2000-06-23➕ALLEN, Andrew Peter appointeddirector
- 2000-06-23➕WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-06-23➖WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2000-06-23➕WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2000-06-23➖WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
85/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Andrew Peter Allen Individual · British · DOB 12/1965 · age 61 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Gail Allen Individual · British · DOB 09/1964 · age 62 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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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
Incorporated2000-06-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41100 — Development of building projects
Registered office
112 -114 Witton Street
Northwich
Cheshire
CW9 5NW
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-21
Last: 2026-07-07
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
Active
ALLEN, Andrew Peter→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2000-06-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-06-23 · resigned 2000-06-23
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-06-23 · resigned 2000-06-23
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Recent filings (69 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-03-31