ALLSPARES (HULL) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
07561875 · ltd · incorporated 2011-03-14
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
Upgrade to see
Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 38310
Sector: Water supply & waste
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 45310SIC 45310
  • 45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. 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 (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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

Company profile
address, 3 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
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
44 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
60
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Average employees6600

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • 3 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • 3 confirmation-statement
  • 1 capital
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
    📄
    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  2. 2025-11-18
    📄
    change-person-director-company
    officers · CH01
  3. 2025-11-18
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-08-08
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-07-05
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2023-06-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-03-03
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2022-10-25
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-08-02
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-09
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-07-21
    📄
    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-06-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2018-11-21
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2011-03-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLSPARES (HULL) LIMITED
  15. 2011-03-14
    TILSON, Richard Norman Frances appointed
    director

Owner dependency

90/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 15 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

68/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 15 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 15 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Richard Norman Frances Tilson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1978 · age 48
75100%
75-100% shares14/03/2017

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Similar companies

Active · Energy & utilities · HU postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
A & T (BEDFORD) LIMITED
06698700 · est 2008 · no financials extracted
17y
A M ELECTRICAL & CONSULTANCY LIMITED
07174537 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
16y
A.SALT POWER & GAS LTD
16001141 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
1y
ABBEY ELECTRICAL SERVICES (HULL) LTD
07554387 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
15y
AL-MIRAJ MOVES LTD
16447531 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
ALBERT DRAPER & SON LIMITED
00459354 · est 1948 · no financials extracted
77y
ALCOOL AIR CONDITIONING LTD
07454602 · est 2010 · no financials extracted
15y
ALPHAMODE LIMITED
07802936 · est 2011 · no financials extracted
14y
ARCHANA LTD
16332320 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
1y
ARNOLD R & R LIMITED
09131738 · est 2014 · no financials extracted
11y
AZTECH ASBESTOS SERVICES LTD
15490385 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
2y
B. WALKER SKIP HIRE LIMITED
04817105 · est 2003 · no financials extracted
22y
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2011-03-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC38310 — SIC 38310

Registered office

Unit 2 Trevor Street
Hull
HU2 0HR
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-02
Last: 2026-05-19

Officers (1 active · 0 resigned)

TILSON, Richard Norman Frances
director · ~48y · appointed 2011-03-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (44 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-19
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-18
change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2025-11-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-07-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-03-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-04