ALLSOPS OF BOLTON LTD

🌳Matureactive
07393704 · ltd · incorporated 2010-10-01
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 33170
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). 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 (3 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
42 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£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-10-292023-10-29
Average employees3300

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2024-10-30
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  3. 2024-07-30
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  4. 2023-07-28
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  5. 2023-01-25
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  6. 2022-10-31
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    accounts · AA01
  7. 2021-10-28
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-05-15
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  10. 2018-08-13
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  11. 2017-02-06
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  12. 2016-06-22
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  13. 2015-10-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-06-24
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2013-11-01
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    ALLSOP, Arnold Barlow appointed
    director
  16. 2013-11-01
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    ALLSOP, Arnold Barlow resigned
    director
  17. 2010-10-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLSOPS OF BOLTON LTD
  18. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    ALLSOP, Christopher Philip appointed
    director
  19. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    ALLSOP, Jonathan Mark appointed
    director
  20. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  21. 2010-10-01
    ➖
    OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  22. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    ALLSOP, Arnold Barlow appointed
    director
  23. 2010-10-01
    ➕
    GILBURT, Lee Christopher appointed
    director
  24. 2010-10-01
    ➖
    GILBURT, Lee Christopher resigned
    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
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLSOP" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Christopher Philip Allsop
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Jonathan Mark Allsop
Individual · British · DOB 03/1972 · age 54
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Arnold Barlow Allsop
Individual · British · DOB 08/1938 · age 88
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
Incorporated2010-10-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC33170 — SIC 33170

Registered office

Unit 12a Lyon Road Industrial Estate
Lyon Road, Kearsley
Bolton
BL4 8HS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-29
Last made up to: 2024-10-29
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-10
Last: 2025-09-26

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ALLSOP, Arnold Barlow→
director · ~88y · appointed 2013-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLSOP, Christopher Philip→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLSOP, Jonathan Mark→
director · ~54y · appointed 2010-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
OCS CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned
ALLSOP, Arnold Barlow→
director · ~89y · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2013-11-01
Resigned
GILBURT, Lee Christopher→
director · ~52y · appointed 2010-10-01 · resigned 2010-10-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (42 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-07-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-25
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-02