ALLISON'S FITNESS FACTORY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06927933 · ltd · incorporated 2009-06-09
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Mar 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Fitness facilities
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (5 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
56 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31

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
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Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-10
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  3. 2023-11-27
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  4. 2023-03-02
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    address · AD01
  5. 2023-03-02
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    address · AD01
  6. 2023-03-02
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    address · AD01
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  9. 2023-03-02
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  10. 2022-11-08
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  11. 2021-06-14
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  12. 2021-03-29
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-10-14
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  14. 2019-11-08
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    accounts · AA01
  15. 2019-11-08
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-06-21
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    ALLISON, Lorna Barbara appointed
    director
  17. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  18. 2017-10-05
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  19. 2009-06-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLISON'S FITNESS FACTORY LIMITED
  20. 2009-06-09
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    ALLISON, Lorna Barbara appointed
    secretary
  21. 2009-06-09
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    ALLISON, Dean appointed
    director
  22. 2009-06-09
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    ALLISON, Liam appointed
    director
  23. 2009-06-09
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    ALLISON, Raymond appointed
    director
  24. 2009-06-09
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    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson appointed
    director
  25. 2009-06-09
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    STEPHENS, Graham Robertson resigned
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Raymond Allison
Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Lorna Barbara Allison
Individual · British · DOB 11/1963 · age 63
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Dean Allisonceased 01/07/2016· 25-50% shares
  • Mr Liam Allisonceased 01/07/2016· 25-50% shares

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
Incorporated2009-06-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC93130 — Fitness facilities

Registered office

10 Santos Close
Binley
Coventry
West Midlands
CV3 2FG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-27
Last: 2025-06-13

Officers (5 active · 1 resigned)

ALLISON, Lorna Barbara→
secretary · appointed 2009-06-09
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Active
ALLISON, Dean→
director · ~41y · appointed 2009-06-09
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Active
ALLISON, Liam→
director · ~38y · appointed 2009-06-09
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Active
ALLISON, Lorna Barbara→
director · ~63y · appointed 2019-06-21
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Active
ALLISON, Raymond→
director · ~69y · appointed 2009-06-09
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Active
STEPHENS, Graham Robertson→
director · ~76y · appointed 2009-06-09 · resigned 2009-06-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-19
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22