ALLPAQ PACKAGING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06840689 · ltd · incorporated 2009-03-09
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 17.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 17.0y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 17.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
3 officers (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
62 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees52

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-12-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-05-12
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  4. 2025-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-12-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-12-18
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  7. 2024-12-02
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    statement-of-companys-objects
    change-of-constitution · CC04
  8. 2024-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2023-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2022-11-03
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  11. 2021-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-03-22
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  13. 2021-02-22
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  14. 2021-02-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  15. 2021-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2021-02-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2021-02-10
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  18. 2021-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  19. 2019-07-01
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    GODDARD, Kirsten Isla Jean appointed
    director
  20. 2018-10-17
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    Charge satisfied #1
  21. 2009-05-27
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 2009-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLPAQ PACKAGING LIMITED
  23. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    ALLEN, Phillip John appointed
    director
  24. 2009-03-09
    ➕
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  25. 2009-03-09
    ➖
    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

clean
No red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)

Group structure

Allpaq Holdings Ltd is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Allpaq Holdings Ltd
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
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ALLPAQ PACKAGING LIMITED
This company · 06840689

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Allpaq Holdings Ltd
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/08/2020
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Phillip John Allenceased 06/08/2020· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2009-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products

Registered office

Unit 2 Albright Road Unit 2
Albright Road
Widnes
Cheshire
WA8 8FY
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-06
Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)

ALLEN, Phillip John→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-03-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GODDARD, Kirsten Isla Jean→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-03-09 · resigned 2009-03-09
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Fixed & floating charge1 property27/05/200917/10/2018

Recent filings (62 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-10
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-12-19
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2024-12-18
statement-of-companys-objects
change-of-constitution · CC04
2024-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2022-11-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-31