ALLSTONE FIREPLACES LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
07253741 · ltd · incorporated 2010-05-14
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 May 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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).
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
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
1 officers (1 active, 1 linked, 1 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
41 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 accountsCash
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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| Metric | 2025-05-31 | 2024-05-31 |
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Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Last 90 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
Last 180 days
3
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 address
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (17 events)Click to expand
- 2026-05-26📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2026-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2025-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2023-02-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2021-08-04📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-08-03📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-12📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-02-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2019-08-10📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2019-08-06📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2019-02-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-dormantaccounts · AA
- 2010-05-14🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLSTONE FIREPLACES LIMITED
- 2010-05-14➕GENT, Allan Roy appointeddirector
Owner dependency
98/100
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 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
- +No director turnover: Company is 16 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.
Succession & seller-readiness
88/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 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.)
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Allan Roy Gent Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 14/05/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2010-05-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999
Registered office
443a 443a Chester Road
Woodford
Stockport
Cheshire
SK7 1QP
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-28
Last: 2026-05-14
Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)
GENT, Allan Roy→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2010-05-14
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Recent filings (41 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-01-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-25
gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2021-08-04
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2021-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-03-27