ALLPORT METAL RECYCLING LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
05345255 · ltd · incorporated 2005-01-27
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£393.9k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 39000
Sector: Water supply & waste
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
55 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £393,911
Net assets shrinking
Down £95,740 YoY
Cash YoY
+199%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£205k
↑ 199% YoY
Net Worth
£394k
↓ 20% YoY
Current Assets
£337k
↓ 3.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£98k£196k£294k£392k£490kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£452.0k£560.0k
Current assets£336.5k£348.1k
Cash£204.8k£68.5k
Debtors£4.0k£102.6k
Net assets£393.9k£489.7k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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  2. 2024-10-01
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  3. 2023-09-13
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  4. 2022-06-23
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  5. 2021-09-22
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  6. 2020-08-10
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  7. 2019-07-10
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  8. 2018-07-26
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  9. 2017-12-27
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  10. 2016-11-29
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  11. 2016-02-02
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  12. 2015-10-05
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  13. 2015-02-03
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  14. 2014-07-31
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  15. 2014-02-05
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  16. 2005-02-28
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    ALLPORT, Megan Eirian appointed
    secretary
  17. 2005-02-28
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    ALLPORT, Paul Trevor appointed
    director
  18. 2005-01-28
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    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2005-01-28
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  20. 2005-01-27
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLPORT METAL RECYCLING LIMITED
  21. 2005-01-27
    ➕
    HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2005-01-27
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    HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLPORT" — 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.

Succession & seller-readiness

75/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • 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%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Paul Trevor Allport
Individual · British · DOB 10/1975 · age 51
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2005-01-27
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC39000 — SIC 39000

Registered office

Adeilad St David's Building
Stryd Lombard Street
Porthmadog
Gwynedd
LL49 9AP

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-10
Last: 2026-01-27

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

ALLPORT, Megan Eirian→
secretary · appointed 2005-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLPORT, Paul Trevor→
director · ~51y · appointed 2005-02-28
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Active
HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2005-01-27 · resigned 2005-01-28
Resigned
HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2005-01-27 · resigned 2005-01-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-30
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accounts · AA
2025-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-08-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-04