ALLENWOOD KENNELS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05340410 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-24
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£31.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Other service activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £31,021

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£31k
↑ 315% YoY
Current Assets
£63k
↑ 80% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£13k£25k£38k£50k£63kJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£34.5k£11.0k
Current assets£62.8k£34.9k
Net assets£31.0k£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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-01-30
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-05-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  8. 2021-01-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2021-01-27
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  10. 2021-01-27
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    officers · CH03
  11. 2021-01-27
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2021-01-27
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    officers · CH01
  13. 2020-10-20
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2020-01-28
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  15. 2020-01-28
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2020-01-28
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    officers · CH01
  17. 2020-01-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  18. 2020-01-28
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2005-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLENWOOD KENNELS LIMITED
  20. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    CALLAGHAN, Sheila Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-01-24
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    CALLAGHAN, Richard Howard appointed
    director
  22. 2005-01-24
    ➕
    CALLAGHAN, Sheila Elizabeth appointed
    director
  23. 2005-01-24
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2005-01-24
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2005-01-24
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2005-01-24
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    INSTANT COMPANIES 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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 69. 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Howard Callaghan
Individual · British · DOB 05/1957 · age 69
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting01/12/2016
Sheila Elizabeth Callaghan
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC96090 — Other service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Unit 4 Clifford Court
Cooper Way
Carlisle
Cumbria
CA3 0JG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-06
Last: 2026-01-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CALLAGHAN, Sheila Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2005-01-24
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Active
CALLAGHAN, Richard Howard→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-01-24
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Active
CALLAGHAN, Sheila Elizabeth→
director · ~66y · appointed 2005-01-24
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2005-01-24
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-01-24 · resigned 2005-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-20
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-27
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-27