ALLENHEADS CONTEMPORARY ARTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06764121 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2008-12-02

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

—

book net assets

Opportunity

79/100

Strong

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What this business does

Primary activity: Cultural education

Sector: Education

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 70-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 70). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

8 officers (6 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

54 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

79/100Strong

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

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

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-30	2024-03-30
Average employees	0	0

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 3 officers
• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand

2026-03-30
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accounts · AA
2026-01-15
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officers · CH01
2026-01-07
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officers · TM01
2026-01-06
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THOMAS, Mark John, Mr. resigned
director
2026-01-06
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officers · TM01
2025-12-24
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BUTLER, David John resigned
director
2025-03-28
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accounts · AA
2024-03-27
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accounts · AA
2024-02-01
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officers · CH01
2023-03-29
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accounts · AA
2022-03-30
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accounts · AA
2022-02-09
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-02-08
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-19
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accounts · AA
2020-01-03
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accounts · AA
2019-03-01
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accounts · AA
2019-02-20
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gazette · DISS40
2019-02-19
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gazette · GAZ1
2017-03-06
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BOWERS, John Maxwell, Prof. appointed
director
2014-11-27
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KENNEDY, Nicholas James appointed
director
2014-11-27
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MARSDEN, Hannah Louise appointed
director
2010-06-18
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THOMAS, Mark John, Mr. appointed
director
2008-12-02
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Company incorporated
As ALLENHEADS CONTEMPORARY ARTS LIMITED
2008-12-02
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RATCLIFFE, Helen Jane, Ms. appointed
secretary
2008-12-02
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GERMAIN, Julian appointed
director
2008-12-02
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SMITH, Alan Howard appointed
director
2008-12-02
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BUTLER, David John appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 70 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 70 years old. Natural succession window is now.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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

1 med ·

2 director resignations in last 12 months

medium

Multiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.

Evidence: BUTLER, David John resigned 2025-12-24; THOMAS, Mark John, Mr. resigned 2026-01-06

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Helen Jane Ratcliffe Individual · British · DOB 05/1959 · age 67	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/09/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2008-12-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

The Old School House

Allenheads

Hexham

Northumberland

NE47 9HR

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-30

Last made up to: 2025-03-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-12-16

Last: 2025-12-02