ALLEN & CO (MIDLANDS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05299296 · ltd · incorporated 2004-11-29

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

🔒Estimated value

—

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Turnover

—

year to Sept 2025

Net worth

£28.2k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Likely a small accounting and auditing practice based in Wolverhampton, providing day-to-day bookkeeping, financial reporting, and compliance services to local businesses and individuals, as reflected by its SIC code and micro-entity filing status suggesting a modest operational scale.

Primary activity: Accounting and auditing activities

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

70 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)

Positive net assets

Net assets £28,180

Net assets shrinking

Down £61,048 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£28k

↓ 68% YoY

Current Assets

£83k

↓ 46% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)

Metric	2025-09-30	2024-09-30
Total assets	£49.4k	£116.1k
Current assets	£83.0k	£154.3k
Net assets	£28.2k	£89.2k

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-05-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-01
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-30
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-06-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-18
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-06
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-08-11
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-10
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-08-10
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-08
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BEESON SMITH, Matthew Robert James appointed
director
2022-04-08
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2021-05-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-10-30
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-10-30
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-07-26
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-07-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2017-11-28
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ALLEN, Anthony Thomas resigned
secretary
2004-11-29
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Company incorporated
As ALLEN & CO (MIDLANDS) LIMITED
2004-11-29
➕
ALLEN, Peter Anthony appointed
director
2004-11-29
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ALLEN, Anthony Thomas appointed
secretary
2004-11-29
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-11-29
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2004-11-29
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2004-11-29
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLEN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100

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 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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 Peter Anthony Allen Individual · British · DOB 06/1963 · age 63	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	06/04/2016

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.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2004-11-29

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC69201 — Accounting and auditing activities

Registered office

Pc223 Creative Industries Building

Wolverhampton Science Park

Wolverhampton

WV10 9TG

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-13

Last: 2025-11-29

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

ALLEN, Peter Anthony→

director · ~63y · appointed 2004-11-29

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

BEESON SMITH, Matthew Robert James→

director · ~35y · appointed 2022-04-08

View their other companies + combined net worth →

Active

ALLEN, Anthony Thomas→

secretary · appointed 2004-11-29 · resigned 2017-11-28

Resigned

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-11-29 · resigned 2004-11-29

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-11-29 · resigned 2004-11-29

Resigned

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Recent filings (70 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-05-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-12-02

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-12-01

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

address · AD01

2025-09-30

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-06-08

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-11-29

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-06-18

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2023-12-08

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

address · AD01

2023-03-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2023-02-26

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2022-12-16

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-08-11

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2022-08-10

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

address · AD01

2022-08-10

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2022-04-09