ALLEN DIESELS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
06993433 · ltd · incorporated 2009-08-18
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Manufacture of engines and turbines (except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines)
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 9.2y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 9.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (63/100)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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
55 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.
Key financials
1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2024-12-31 |
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| Average employees | 24 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals 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
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2022-05-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2019-07-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-09📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2018-11-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
- 2018-10-09📄mortgage-satisfy-charge-fullmortgage · MR04
- 2018-10-09🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2018-08-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2017-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-groupaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-21📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2017-03-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Coutts & Company
- 2016-06-02📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-05-26📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2016-05-25📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2012-07-30➕SMYTH, Roger John appointedsecretary
- 2009-10-08➖SNR DENTON SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-09-23➕KNIGHT, Paul Martin appointeddirector
- 2009-09-23➖HARRIS, Andrew David resigneddirector
- 2009-09-23➖DWS DIRECTORS LTD resignedcorporate-director
- 2009-08-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLEN DIESELS LIMITED
- 2009-08-18➕SNR DENTON SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2009-08-18➕HARRIS, Andrew David appointeddirector
- 2009-08-18➕DWS DIRECTORS LTD appointedcorporate-director
Owner dependency
93/100
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
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
78/100
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 62. Early succession window.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-08-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC28110 — Manufacture of engines and turbines (except aircraft, vehicle and cycle engines)
Registered office
Sandland Court Pilgrim Centre
Brickhill Drive
Bedford
Bedfordshire
MK41 7PZ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
Active
KNIGHT, Paul Martin→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-09-23
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SNR DENTON SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 2009-08-18 · resigned 2009-10-08
HARRIS, Andrew David→
Resigneddirector · ~62y · appointed 2009-08-18 · resigned 2009-09-23
DWS DIRECTORS LTD→
Resignedcorporate-director · appointed 2009-08-18 · resigned 2009-09-23
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
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| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 09/11/2018 | — | |
| satisfied | NatWest Group Coutts & Company | A registered charge | — | 15/03/2017 | 09/10/2018 |
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Recent filings (55 total)
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accounts · AA
2025-11-10
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-10-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2023-10-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2022-05-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2021-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2020-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2019-07-10
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2018-11-09