ALL TREES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04315074 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-01
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
—
year to Nov 2025
Net worth
£-92.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 02400
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -66% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
64 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
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £92,649
Cash draining
Cash down 66% YoY
Cash YoY
-66%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
↓ 66% YoY
Net Worth
-£93k
↓ 36% YoY
Current Assets
£2k
↓ 77% YoY
Current Liabilities
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-£93k-£73k-£53k-£33k-£13k£6kNov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30
Total assets£-92.6k£-68.0k
Current assets£1.5k£6.5k
Cash£1.5k£4.4k
Debtors—£2.1k
Net assets£-92.6k£-68.0k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-04
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-05-14
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-09-21
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    officers · TM02
  6. 2023-09-20
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    ALSFORD, Emma Mary resigned
    secretary
  7. 2023-09-20
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    ALSFORD, Emma Mary resigned
    director
  8. 2023-09-20
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  9. 2023-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-08-22
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-19
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2020-03-24
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  13. 2020-03-23
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  14. 2019-04-28
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  15. 2018-03-28
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  16. 2017-02-21
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  17. 2016-03-30
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  18. 2001-11-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ALL TREES LIMITED
  19. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    DONNITHORNE, Paul Gordon appointed
    director
  20. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    ALSFORD, Emma Mary appointed
    secretary
  21. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    MATHIAS, Clive Stanley appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-11-01
    ➖
    MATHIAS, Clive Stanley resigned
    secretary
  23. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    ALSFORD, Emma Mary appointed
    director
  24. 2001-11-01
    ➕
    CLIVE MATHIAS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  25. 2001-11-01
    ➖
    CLIVE MATHIAS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Gordon Donnithorne
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016
Miss Emma Mary Alsford
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
50–75%
—50-75% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2001-11-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC02400 — SIC 02400

Registered office

Croft West
St. Daniel's Hill
Pembroke
Pembrokeshire
SA71 5BT
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-15
Last: 2025-11-01

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

DONNITHORNE, Paul Gordon→
director · ~65y · appointed 2001-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALSFORD, Emma Mary→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2023-09-20
Resigned
MATHIAS, Clive Stanley→
secretary · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2001-11-01
Resigned
ALSFORD, Emma Mary→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2023-09-20
Resigned
CLIVE MATHIAS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2001-11-01 · resigned 2001-11-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (64 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-03-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-04
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-04
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-09-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-09