ALLEN CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANCY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07095163 · ltd · incorporated 2009-12-04
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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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£662.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Architectural activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 74902Quantity surveying activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 72-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -62% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 2 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 (2 active, 6 linked, 6 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
53 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £662,185
Cash draining
Cash down 62% YoY
Cash YoY
-62%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£201k
↓ 62% YoY
Net Worth
£662k
↑ 27% YoY
Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£132k£265k£397k£530k£662kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Cash£201.1k£523.3k
Net assets£662.2k£522.7k

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

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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

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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-02
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    capital · SH08
  4. 2024-04-02
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  5. 2024-04-02
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-03-27
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    capital · SH10
  7. 2023-07-13
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-26
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  9. 2021-09-10
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-05-27
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-04-30
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-10-10
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    address · AD01
  13. 2019-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-04-04
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    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-08-31
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-08-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2012-05-16
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    CALDER, Susan Jane resigned
    director
  18. 2012-05-16
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    QUINNEY, Jacqueline resigned
    director
  19. 2010-01-15
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    ALLEN, George Frank Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2010-01-15
    ➕
    QUINNEY, Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2009-12-22
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    ALLEN, George Frank Paul resigned
    director
  22. 2009-12-22
    ➕
    CALDER, Susan Jane appointed
    director
  23. 2009-12-22
    ➕
    QUINNEY, Jacqueline appointed
    director
  24. 2009-12-22
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    QUINNEY, Paul resigned
    director
  25. 2009-12-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLEN CONSTRUCTION CONSULTANCY LIMITED
  26. 2009-12-04
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    ALLEN, George Frank Paul appointed
    director
  27. 2009-12-04
    ➕
    QUINNEY, Paul appointed
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLEN" — 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 72 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr George Frank Paul Allen
Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Paul Quinney
Individual · British · DOB 07/1967 · 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
Incorporated2009-12-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71111 — Architectural activities

Registered office

Goodwood House
Blackbrook Park Avenue
Taunton
Somerset
TA1 2PX
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

ALLEN, George Frank Paul→
director · ~72y · appointed 2010-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
QUINNEY, Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2010-01-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLEN, George Frank Paul→
director · ~72y · appointed 2009-12-04 · resigned 2009-12-22
Resigned
CALDER, Susan Jane→
director · ~61y · appointed 2009-12-22 · resigned 2012-05-16
Resigned
QUINNEY, Jacqueline→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-12-22 · resigned 2012-05-16
Resigned
QUINNEY, Paul→
director · ~59y · appointed 2009-12-04 · resigned 2009-12-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-04-02
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-04-02
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-04-02
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-05