ALLSPEEDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04639403 · ltd · incorporated 2003-01-16
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
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 28131
Sector: Manufacturing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 28150SIC 28150
  • 28490SIC 28490
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 75-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 57/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 5 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

7 live charges · 5 lenders · oldest 23.2y

35/100
too messy

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 23.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · 5 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (81/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
7 charges (7/7 with lender, 7/7 with type)
90
Directors & officers
12 officers (3 active, 12 linked, 8 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
96 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£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees303200

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (50 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-06-18
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2024-06-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2024-06-04
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    Charge registered #7
    Lender: Keith Stuart Elliot
  6. 2023-12-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-05
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  8. 2023-10-04
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    FARRELL, Jonathan Michael resigned
    secretary
  9. 2023-04-04
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    FARRELL, Jonathan Michael appointed
    director
  10. 2023-04-04
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    ELLIOT, Keith Stuart resigned
    director
  11. 2023-04-04
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  12. 2023-04-04
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2022-12-22
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  14. 2022-12-15
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    Charge registered #6
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  15. 2022-11-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  16. 2022-01-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-01-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2021-10-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  19. 2021-04-28
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  20. 2021-04-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2021-02-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-small
    accounts · AA
  22. 2020-01-16
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  23. 2020-01-16
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  24. 2018-09-14
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    FARRELL, Jonathan Michael appointed
    secretary
  25. 2018-04-20
    ➕
    MCGARRY, Rory appointed
    director
  26. 2018-04-20
    ➖
    HOLLYHEAD, Michael resigned
    director
  27. 2018-04-20
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    Charge registered #5
    Lender: Michael Hollyhead
  28. 2016-11-30
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    SCHRODER, Colin resigned
    director
  29. 2015-08-04
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    Charge satisfied #4
  30. 2014-08-06
    ➕
    SCHRODER, Colin appointed
    director
  31. 2014-08-05
    ➖
    LAYCOCK, John resigned
    secretary
  32. 2014-08-05
    ➖
    LAYCOCK, John resigned
    director
  33. 2014-08-05
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    Charge registered #4
    Lender: Mr John Laycock
  34. 2013-08-29
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    Charge registered #3
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  35. 2012-09-07
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    Charge satisfied #2
  36. 2009-01-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  37. 2008-04-03
    ➖
    SLEIGH, Rodney Peter resigned
    director
  38. 2007-06-19
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    ELLIOT, Keith Stuart appointed
    director
  39. 2007-04-18
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    Charge satisfied #1
  40. 2003-03-28
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  41. 2003-01-20
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    GRANT, Robert Gordon appointed
    director
  42. 2003-01-16
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLSPEEDS LIMITED
  43. 2003-01-16
    ➕
    LAYCOCK, John appointed
    secretary
  44. 2003-01-16
    ➕
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  45. 2003-01-16
    ➖
    BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  46. 2003-01-16
    ➕
    HOLLYHEAD, Michael appointed
    director
  47. 2003-01-16
    ➕
    LAYCOCK, John appointed
    director
  48. 2003-01-16
    ➕
    SLEIGH, Rodney Peter appointed
    director
  49. 2003-01-16
    ➕
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  50. 2003-01-16
    ➖
    DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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.)

Group structure

Allspeeds Engineering Solutions Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Allspeeds Engineering Solutions Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALLSPEEDS LIMITED
This company · 04639403

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Allspeeds Engineering Solutions Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control11/09/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Allspeeds Holdings Limitedceased 11/09/2019· 75-100% voting

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
Incorporated2003-01-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28131 — SIC 28131

Registered office

C/O Pm+M New Century House
Greenbank Technology Park, Challenge Way
Blackburn
Lancashire
BB1 5QB
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-25
Last: 2026-01-11

Officers (3 active · 9 resigned)

FARRELL, Jonathan Michael→
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-04-04
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRANT, Robert Gordon→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-01-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MCGARRY, Rory→
director · ~55y · appointed 2018-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FARRELL, Jonathan Michael→
secretary · appointed 2018-09-14 · resigned 2023-10-04
Resigned
LAYCOCK, John→
secretary · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2014-08-05
Resigned
BRITANNIA COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-01-16
Resigned
ELLIOT, Keith Stuart→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-06-19 · resigned 2023-04-04
Resigned
HOLLYHEAD, Michael→
director · ~82y · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2018-04-20
Resigned
LAYCOCK, John→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2014-08-05
Resigned
SCHRODER, Colin→
director · ~52y · appointed 2014-08-06 · resigned 2016-11-30
Resigned
SLEIGH, Rodney Peter→
director · ~83y · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2008-04-03
Resigned
DEANSGATE COMPANY FORMATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-01-16 · resigned 2003-01-16
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

7
Total charges
4
Outstanding
3
Active lenders
Status:Lender:7 of 7 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Keith Stuart Elliot
A registered charge—04/06/2024—
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property15/12/2022—
outstanding
Michael Hollyhead
A registered charge—20/04/2018—
satisfied
Mr John Laycock
A registered charge—05/08/201404/08/2015
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property29/08/2013—
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Charge of deposit1 property20/01/200907/09/2012
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
All assets debenture1 property28/03/200318/04/2007
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Recent filings (96 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2024-06-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-06-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-12-07
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2023-10-05
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-04
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19