ALLISON'S KITCHEN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05685338 · ltd · incorporated 2006-01-24
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£-126
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
55 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)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £126
Net assets shrinking
Down £252 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£126
↓ 200% YoY
Current Assets
£8k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£126£1k£3k£5k£6k£8kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£-126£126
Current assets£8.0k£8.0k
Net assets£-126£126

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-11-05
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  5. 2024-11-13
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  6. 2024-11-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  7. 2024-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-03-11
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-12-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-11-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-01-24
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLISON'S KITCHEN LIMITED
  17. 2006-01-24
    ➕
    WINTERBURN, Allison appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-01-24
    ➕
    WINTERBURN, Allison appointed
    director
  19. 2006-01-24
    ➕
    WINTERBURN, William John appointed
    director
  20. 2006-01-24
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-01-24
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2006-01-24
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2006-01-24
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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 William John Winterburn
Individual · British · DOB 03/1968 · age 58
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting13/11/2024
Mrs Allison Winterburn
Individual · British · DOB 10/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2006-01-24
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46380 — Wholesale of other food, including fish, crustaceans and molluscs

Registered office

10 St. Andrews Street
Droitwich
Worcestershire
WR9 8DY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-27
Last: 2025-11-13

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

WINTERBURN, Allison→
secretary · appointed 2006-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTERBURN, Allison→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WINTERBURN, William John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2006-01-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2006-01-24
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-01-24 · resigned 2006-01-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (55 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-13
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-06
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-11-06
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2025-11-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-13
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-11-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-11-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-24
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-03-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-25