KEN ALLEN AUTOWRECKERS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04848141 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-28
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 21.3y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
74/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38310
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 74/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. 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: strategic trade sale (63/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 21.3y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 21.3 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: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
74/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 1400 | 1500 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
4 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-09-26📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-09-26📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2025-01-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-14📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-04-14📄second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-nameofficers · RP04AP01
- 2021-04-13📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-04-12📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2021-04-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-12📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-04-10➕GOODWIN-ALLEN, Lisa appointeddirector
- 2021-04-10➕WHATMUFF, Jane appointeddirector
- 2021-04-10➖ALLEN, Cynthia Margaret resigneddirector
- 2021-01-31➖ALLEN, Kenneth William resigneddirector
- 2020-04-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-04-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2011-10-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2011-09-12➕TATTERSALL, Deborah appointeddirector
- 2005-03-30🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2003-07-28🏢Company incorporatedAs KEN ALLEN AUTOWRECKERS LIMITED
- 2003-07-28➕TATTERSALL, Deborah appointedsecretary
- 2003-07-28➕CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-28➖CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-28➕ALLEN, Cynthia Margaret appointeddirector
- 2003-07-28➕ALLEN, Kenneth William appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
53/100
Moderate signalSome succession indicators present. Worth watching; approach if sector/strategy fits.
SIGNALS
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
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Cynthia Margaret Allen Individual · British · DOB 07/1947 · age 79 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 31/01/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mr Kenneth William Allenceased 31/01/2021· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.
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🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38310 — SIC 38310
Registered office
Unit 9
Northgate, White Lund
Industrial Estate Morecambe
Lancashire
LA3 3AY
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 (4 active · 3 resigned)
TATTERSALL, Deborah→
Activesecretary · appointed 2003-07-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GOODWIN-ALLEN, Lisa→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2021-04-10
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TATTERSALL, Deborah→
Activedirector · ~54y · appointed 2011-09-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WHATMUFF, Jane→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2021-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2003-07-28
ALLEN, Cynthia Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~79y · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2021-04-10
ALLEN, Kenneth William→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2021-01-31
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 14/10/2011 | — | |
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 30/03/2005 | — |
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Recent filings (63 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-26
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-02-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-04-14
second-filing-of-director-appointment-with-name
officers · RP04AP01
2021-04-14