ALL TREE SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04839912 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-21
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 22.8y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£9.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 22.8y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 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
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £9,642

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£10k
↑ 28% YoY
Current Assets
£47k
↑ 12% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£9k£19k£28k£37k£47kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£11.1k£15.1k
Current assets£46.7k£41.7k
Net assets£9.6k£7.5k

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 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-02-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-03-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  6. 2023-03-20
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-12-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-05-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-02-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-12-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-01-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-03-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-01-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-08-06
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-09-04
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
  17. 2003-08-01
    ➕
    WALKER, Penny Ann appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-08-01
    ➕
    WALKER, James appointed
    director
  19. 2003-08-01
    ➕
    WALKER, Penny Ann appointed
    director
  20. 2003-07-24
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-07-24
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    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2003-07-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ALL TREE SERVICES LIMITED
  23. 2003-07-21
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2003-07-21
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr James Walker
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Penny Ann Walker
Individual · British · DOB 01/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2003-07-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

Cutlers Green
Chewton Mendip
Radstock
Somerset
BA3 4NE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-04
Last: 2025-07-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WALKER, Penny Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-01
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Active
WALKER, James→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-08-01
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Active
WALKER, Penny Ann→
director · ~62y · appointed 2003-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-21 · resigned 2003-07-24
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-07-21 · resigned 2003-07-24
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc Bank PLC
Debenture1 property04/09/2003—
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Recent filings (58 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-02-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-25
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-20
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2023-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-21