ALLARD INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04246784 · ltd · incorporated 2001-07-05
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£100
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
11 connected companies via shared directors
78
Filing history
66 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £100

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£100
~ YoY
Current Assets
£100
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£20£40£60£80£100Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£100£100
Current assets£100£100
Net assets£100£100

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-03-11
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-08-04
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  4. 2022-01-24
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  5. 2022-01-24
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2021-09-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-10-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-25
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    officers · AP01
  12. 2017-06-25
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    officers · TM01
  13. 2017-06-15
    IVES, Judy Anne appointed
    director
  14. 2017-06-15
    VAN DEN BERG, Teresa Ann-Mari resigned
    director
  15. 2016-09-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2015-09-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-07
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  18. 2011-01-01
    VAN DEN BERG, Teresa Ann-Mari appointed
    director
  19. 2001-07-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLARD INVESTMENT CORPORATION LIMITED
  20. 2001-07-05
    WATSON REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2001-07-05
    WATSON DOMICILIARY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  22. 2001-07-05
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2001-07-05
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-07-05
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2001-07-05
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "LIMITED" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — 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 69. 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 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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 Christopher Michael Garbutt
Individual · British · DOB 01/1988 · age 38
5075%
50-75% shares01/07/2016

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
Incorporated2001-07-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

42 Wright Lane, Kesgrave
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP5 2FA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-19
Last: 2025-07-05

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

WATSON REGISTRARS LIMITED
corporate-secretary · appointed 2001-07-05
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Active
IVES, Judy Anne
director · ~69y · appointed 2017-06-15
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Active
WATSON DOMICILIARY LIMITED
corporate-director · appointed 2001-07-05
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Active
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-07-05 · resigned 2001-07-05
Resigned
VAN DEN BERG, Teresa Ann-Mari
director · ~79y · appointed 2011-01-01 · resigned 2017-06-15
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-07-05 · resigned 2001-07-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-07
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accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-24
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-09-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-06