ALLENBY COMMERCIAL (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
07606258 · ltd · incorporated 2011-04-15
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 12.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£3.53M
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Construction of commercial buildings
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 12.7y

85/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 12.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (82/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
8 connected companies via shared directors
69
Filing history
50 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
82
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £3,530,201
Cash YoY
+506%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£292k
↑ 506% YoY
Net Worth
£3.5m
↑ 9.1% YoY
Current Assets
£5.2m
↓ 2.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£1.1m£2.1m£3.2m£4.3m£5.4mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£3.57M£3.29M
Current assets£5.23M£5.36M
Cash£292.1k£48.2k
Debtors£4.66M£5.10M
Net assets£3.53M£3.24M

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-01-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-09-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  4. 2025-07-31
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  5. 2024-12-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-01-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-10-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  8. 2023-05-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2023-05-12
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  10. 2023-02-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2022-12-09
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  13. 2022-12-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2022-11-24
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  15. 2022-11-23
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    officers · AP01
  16. 2022-11-23
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  17. 2022-11-10
    HOLMES, Diane Therese appointed
    secretary
  18. 2022-11-10
    ALLENBY, Charlie Hastings appointed
    director
  19. 2022-11-10
    ALLENBY, Georgia Faye appointed
    director
  20. 2022-05-03
    SWALLOW, Paul David appointed
    director
  21. 2022-05-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  22. 2022-05-03
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  23. 2022-02-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  24. 2019-06-01
    HAYTON, Andrew David appointed
    director
  25. 2013-11-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
  26. 2011-04-15
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLENBY COMMERCIAL (CONSTRUCTION) LIMITED
  27. 2011-04-15
    ALLENBY, Andrew Mark Shane appointed
    director

Owner dependency

88/100
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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLENBY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 15 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

33/100
Weak signal

Limited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — ALLENBY, Charlie Hastings (same surname) appointed 2022-11-10. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

1 low
Multiple registered office changes
low

Multiple address changes in a short period can indicate operational instability or admin disorder.

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Mark Shane Allenby
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2011-04-15
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC41201 — Construction of commercial buildings

Registered office

Monocle Studio 140
184 Ferensway
Hull
HU1 3UT
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-29
Last: 2026-03-15

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

HOLMES, Diane Therese
secretary · appointed 2022-11-10
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Active
ALLENBY, Andrew Mark Shane
director · ~65y · appointed 2011-04-15
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Active
ALLENBY, Charlie Hastings
director · ~32y · appointed 2022-11-10
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Active
ALLENBY, Georgia Faye
director · ~34y · appointed 2022-11-10
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Active
HAYTON, Andrew David
director · ~47y · appointed 2019-06-01
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Active
SWALLOW, Paul David
director · ~43y · appointed 2022-05-03
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Svenska Handelsbanken Ab (Publ)
A registered charge1 property11/11/2013
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Recent filings (50 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-03-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-10
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-07-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-10-18
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-05-12
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-05-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-08
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-12-09