ALL SEASONS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
05394825 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-16
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 7.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£71.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 7.7y
85/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 7.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
56 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £71,464
Net assets shrinking
Down £48,401 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£71k
↓ 40% YoY
Current Assets
£63k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £232.2k | £200.8k |
| Current assets | £62.8k | £63.1k |
| Net assets | £71.5k | £119.9k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2025-06-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-12-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-17📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-12-17📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2019-12-16📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2019-12-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-04📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-10-01🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2005-03-16🏢Company incorporatedAs ALL SEASONS (NORTH WEST) LIMITED
- 2005-03-16➕HARROP, Margaret Anne appointedsecretary
- 2005-03-16➕HARROP, Margaret Anne appointeddirector
- 2005-03-16➕HARROP, Steven appointeddirector
- 2005-03-16➕AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-03-16➖AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2005-03-16➕AR NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-director
- 2005-03-16➖AR NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
84/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
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.
- 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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Steven Harrop Individual · British · DOB 12/1968 · age 58 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2005-03-16
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities
Registered office
Park Farm
Woodbank Lane
Woodbank
Chester
CH1 6JD
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-30
Last: 2026-03-16
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
HARROP, Margaret Anne→
Activesecretary · appointed 2005-03-16
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HARROP, Margaret Anne→
Activedirector · ~57y · appointed 2005-03-16
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HARROP, Steven→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2005-03-16
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AR CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2005-03-16 · resigned 2005-03-16
AR NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2005-03-16 · resigned 2005-03-16
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | A registered charge | — | 01/10/2018 | — |
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Recent filings (56 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-02-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-12-17