ALLWICK PATTERNS LTD

💤Zombieactive

04492023 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-23

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 Jul 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

71129Other engineering activities
71200Technical testing and analysis

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 75). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 11.9y

30/100

under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

· Oldest live charge is 11.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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, 3 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

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

68 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-07-31	2024-07-31

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

filing

• 1 address

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 address
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-06-25
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-04-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-07-31
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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
2021-08-05
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-01-10
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mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2020-01-10
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Charge satisfied #2
2019-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-07-25
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2017-04-20
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accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AAMD
2017-04-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2014-10-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Aldermore Bank PLC
2014-08-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
2002-07-23
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Company incorporated
As ALLWICK PATTERNS LTD
2002-07-23
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WICKETTS, Glynis appointed
secretary
2002-07-23
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WICKETTS, John Roy appointed
director
2002-07-23
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-23
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-07-23
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-07-23
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100

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 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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

1 low

Multiple registered office changes

low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Roy Wicketts Individual · British · DOB 02/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	board controlsig. influence25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control · significant influence	23/07/2016
Mrs Glynis Wicketts Individual · British · DOB 04/1951 · age 75	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	01/07/2016

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

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 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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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

Incorporated2002-07-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC71122 — Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities

Registered office

Unit B O Y O Business Units Barge Way

Kemsley

Sittingbourne

ME10 2FB

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-04-30

Last made up to: 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-06

Last: 2025-07-23

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

WICKETTS, Glynis→

secretary · appointed 2002-07-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

WICKETTS, John Roy→

director · ~75y · appointed 2002-07-23

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-23 · resigned 2002-07-23

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-23 · resigned 2002-07-23

Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown

			Type	Properties
	satisfied	Aldermore Aldermore Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	07/10/2014	10/01/2020
	outstanding	Barclays Barclays Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/08/2014	—

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Recent filings (68 total)

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2026-06-25

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2026-04-15

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-07-26

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full

accounts · AA

2025-04-30

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2025-03-12

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-07-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-04-25

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-08-07

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-07-31

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-08-31

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-27

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2021-08-06

change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address

address · AD01

2021-08-05

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2021-04-30

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2020-08-17