ALLIED SYSTEMS LTD

🌳Matureactive
05326526 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-07
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
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of insurance agents and brokers
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
58 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year 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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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Average employees200

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2026-01-28
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    officers · AP01
  3. 2026-01-28
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    officers · TM01
  4. 2026-01-22
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    PATSALIDES, Chrysanthos appointed
    director
  5. 2026-01-21
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    PATSALIDES, Chrys resigned
    director
  6. 2025-09-25
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2020-12-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-10-03
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  14. 2018-10-04
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-09-29
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-10-09
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-09-06
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    SCOTT, Richard Philip appointed
    director
  18. 2005-08-24
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    PATSALIDES, Socrates resigned
    director
  19. 2005-01-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIED SYSTEMS LTD
  20. 2005-01-07
    ➕
    SCOTT, Richard Philip appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-01-07
    ➕
    PATSALIDES, Chrys appointed
    director
  22. 2005-01-07
    ➕
    PATSALIDES, Socrates appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
  • 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.
  • 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

Shield Group Ltd holds majority control (50-75%). Likely parent but not wholly-owned.

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Shield Group Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 50-75% shares
majority
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ALLIED SYSTEMS LTD
This company · 05326526

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

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Shield Group Ltd
Corporate entity
50–75%
—50-75% shares31/12/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC66220 — Activities of insurance agents and brokers

Registered office

Salatin House
19 Cedar Road
Sutton
Surrey
SM2 5DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

SCOTT, Richard Philip→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-07
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Active
PATSALIDES, Chrysanthos→
director · ~58y · appointed 2026-01-22
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Active
SCOTT, Richard Philip→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-09-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
PATSALIDES, Chrys→
director · ~58y · appointed 2005-01-07 · resigned 2026-01-21
Resigned
PATSALIDES, Socrates→
director · ~61y · appointed 2005-01-07 · resigned 2005-08-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (58 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-01
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-01-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-09-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-11-26