ISM HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04128699 · ltd · incorporated 2000-12-20
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.
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38110
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 6 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 13.8y

35/100
too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

  • · Oldest live charge is 13.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (4 active, 8 linked, 5 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
83 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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£0£0£0£0£0Aug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Average employees500500

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  4. 2024-07-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  5. 2024-07-01
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-05-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-01-06
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    capital-return-purchase-own-shares
    capital · SH03
  9. 2022-10-13
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    MAVIR, Kathryn resigned
    director
  10. 2022-10-13
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-12-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2021-10-30
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2021-10-26
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: Julie Moran
  15. 2021-09-25
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  16. 2021-09-25
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    Charge satisfied #1
  17. 2021-05-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2021-03-14
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    ALLEN, John resigned
    director
  19. 2020-05-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  20. 2019-05-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  21. 2018-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  22. 2018-01-30
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  23. 2012-10-24
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: John Anthony Allen, Peter Allen, John Allen, Julie Moran, a J Bell Trustees Limited
  24. 2004-09-01
    ➕
    MAVIR, Kathryn appointed
    director
  25. 2001-01-15
    ➕
    ALLEN, Peter appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-01-15
    ➕
    ALLEN, John appointed
    director
  27. 2001-01-15
    ➕
    ALLEN, Peter appointed
    director
  28. 2001-01-15
    ➕
    MORAN, Julie Ann appointed
    director
  29. 2001-01-15
    ➖
    A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 2001-01-15
    ➕
    ALLEN, John appointed
    director
  31. 2001-01-15
    ➖
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 2000-12-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ISM HOLDINGS LIMITED
  33. 2000-12-20
    ➕
    A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  34. 2000-12-20
    ➕
    INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Peter Allen
Individual · British · DOB 05/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/03/2022
Mr John Allen Jnr
Individual · British · DOB 01/1969 · age 57
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting10/03/2022
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr John Allenceased 14/03/2021· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

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
Incorporated2000-12-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38110 — SIC 38110

Registered office

Kenyon Street
Ramsbottom
Greater Manchester
BL0 0AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-03
Last: 2025-12-20

Officers (4 active · 4 resigned)

ALLEN, Peter→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLEN, John→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-01-15
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Active
ALLEN, Peter→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-01-15
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Active
MORAN, Julie Ann→
director · ~56y · appointed 2001-01-15
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Active
A B & C SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-12-20 · resigned 2001-01-15
Resigned
ALLEN, John→
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-01-15 · resigned 2021-03-14
Resigned
MAVIR, Kathryn→
director · ~49y · appointed 2004-09-01 · resigned 2022-10-13
Resigned
INHOCO FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-12-20 · resigned 2001-01-15
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Julie Moran / Peter Allen / Aj Bell Trustees / John Anthony Allen
Julie Moran / Peter Allen / Aj Bell Trustees Limited / John Anthony Allen
A registered charge1 property26/10/2021—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge—30/01/2018—
satisfied
John Anthony Allen, Peter Allen, John Allen, Julie Moran, a J Bell Trustees
John Anthony Allen, Peter Allen, John Allen, Julie Moran, a J Bell Trustees Limited
Mortgage1 property24/10/201225/09/2021
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Recent filings (83 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-05-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-01
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-01
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-07-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-05-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2023-01-06
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-14