ALLERTHORPE CONSERVATORIES LTD.

💤Zombieactive

04482008 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-10

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 Aug 2024

Net worth

£-514

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

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 66). 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 (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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £514

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

-£514

Current Assets

£7k

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2024-08-31	2023-08-31
Total assets	£-514	—
Current assets	£6.7k	—
Net assets	£-514	—

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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2024-12-16
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accounts · AA
2023-12-13
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accounts · AA
2022-10-12
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accounts · AA
2021-10-19
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accounts · AA
2020-11-16
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accounts · AA
2019-10-22
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accounts · AA
2019-01-30
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accounts · AA
2017-12-19
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accounts · AA
2016-12-15
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accounts · AA
2016-08-24
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officers · TM01
2016-04-01
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PETHULLIS, James resigned
director
2016-01-21
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accounts · AA
2015-07-10
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annual-return · AR01
2015-02-19
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accounts · AA
2014-07-28
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annual-return · AR01
2002-07-18
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GRICE, Mark appointed
secretary
2002-07-18
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GRICE, Mark appointed
director
2002-07-18
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-18
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PETHULLIS, James appointed
director
2002-07-18
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director
2002-07-10
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Company incorporated
As ALLERTHORPE CONSERVATORIES LTD.
2002-07-10
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CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-10
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CREDITREFORM LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — 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 66. 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 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Grice Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-07-10

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 7 Lincoln Road

Pocklington Industrial Estate

Pocklington

East Yorkshire

YO42 1NR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-05-31

Last made up to: 2024-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

GRICE, Mark→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-18

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Active

GRICE, Mark→

director · ~66y · appointed 2002-07-18

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Active

CREDITREFORM (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2002-07-18

Resigned

PETHULLIS, James→

director · ~64y · appointed 2002-07-18 · resigned 2016-04-01

Resigned

CREDITREFORM LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-10 · resigned 2002-07-18

Resigned

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