ALLFAST (UK) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04076320 · ltd · incorporated 2000-09-22

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 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Dec 2025

Net worth

£158.5k

book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46620

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (93/100, director aged 73). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 19.0y

85/100

ready

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

· Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
· 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

Lenders & charges

2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)

Directors & officers

6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

73 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £158,474

Net assets shrinking

Down £15,665 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£158k

↓ 9.0% YoY

Current Assets

£70k

↓ 20% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Total assets	£159.7k	£175.3k
Current assets	£69.7k	£87.1k
Net assets	£158.5k	£174.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (29 events)Click to expand

2026-03-03
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accounts · AA
2025-04-01
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accounts · AA
2024-07-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-03-05
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-03-18
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accounts · AA
2019-04-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-07-10
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accounts · AA
2017-04-06
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mortgage · MR04
2017-04-06
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mortgage · MR04
2017-04-06
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Charge satisfied #2
2017-04-06
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Charge satisfied #1
2017-03-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-03-21
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accounts · AA
2016-03-19
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officers · CH01
2016-02-08
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officers · CH01
2009-10-04
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RUDMAN, Penelope Anne appointed
director
2009-10-04
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RUDMAN, John William resigned
director
2007-06-29
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2007-06-12
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2000-09-24
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RUDMAN, David John appointed
secretary
2000-09-24
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RUDMAN, David John appointed
director
2000-09-24
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-24
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RUDMAN, John William appointed
director
2000-09-24
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L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2000-09-22
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Company incorporated
As ALLFAST (UK) LIMITED
2000-09-22
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2000-09-22
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L & A REGISTRARS 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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr David John Rudman Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 11/1953 · age 73	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	22/09/2016
Mrs Penelope Anne Rudman Individual · United Kingdom · DOB 05/1953 · age 73	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	22/09/2016

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

Incorporated2000-09-22

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46620 — SIC 46620

Registered office

Unit G2 Northway Trading Estate

Northway Lane

Tewkesbury

Gloucestershire

GL20 8JH

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-10-06

Last: 2025-09-22

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

RUDMAN, David John→

secretary · appointed 2000-09-24

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Active

RUDMAN, David John→

director · ~73y · appointed 2000-09-24

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Active

RUDMAN, Penelope Anne→

director · ~73y · appointed 2009-10-04

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Active

L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-09-22 · resigned 2000-09-24

Resigned

RUDMAN, John William→

director · ~101y · appointed 2000-09-24 · resigned 2009-10-04

Resigned

L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-09-22 · resigned 2000-09-24

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Legal mortgage	1 property	29/06/2007	06/04/2017
	satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	12/06/2007	06/04/2017