ALLIED TS LTD

🌳Matureactive
08290697 · ltd · incorporated 2012-11-12
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Freight transport by road
Sector: Transportation & storage
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 68-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 68). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 4 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
37 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Nov 2024Nov 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-11-302024-11-30

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-11-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  3. 2025-09-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2025-09-15
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2025-09-12
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    HOURIGAN, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  6. 2025-06-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-06-10
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2023-09-15
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2023-08-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2022-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2021-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2019-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-08-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-08-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2016-03-14
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    HOURIGAN, Tim appointed
    director
  19. 2016-03-14
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    HARNETT, Thomas resigned
    director
  20. 2016-01-01
    ➕
    HARNETT, Thomas appointed
    director
  21. 2016-01-01
    ➖
    HOURIGAN, Tim resigned
    director
  22. 2012-11-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIED TS LTD
  23. 2012-11-12
    ➕
    HOURIGAN, Tim appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

61/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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 Timothy Hourigan
Individual · Irish · DOB 09/1958 · age 68
75–100%
—75-100% shares05/04/2018
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Tim Houriganceased 15/09/2025· 75-100% shares

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
Incorporated2012-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC49410 — Freight transport by road

Registered office

76 Gloucester Road
Urmston
Manchester
M41 9AE
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-08-31
Last made up to: 2025-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-26
Last: 2025-11-12

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

HOURIGAN, Elizabeth→
director · ~63y · appointed 2025-09-12
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Active
HOURIGAN, Tim→
director · ~68y · appointed 2016-03-14
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Active
HARNETT, Thomas→
director · ~51y · appointed 2016-01-01 · resigned 2016-03-14
Resigned
HOURIGAN, Tim→
director · ~68y · appointed 2012-11-12 · resigned 2016-01-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (37 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-11-17
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-09-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-06-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-09-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-08-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-01