ALLOTT ENTERPRISES (TRADING AS OAKHOUSE FOODS) LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08805792 · ltd · incorporated 2013-12-06
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 3.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£151.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 3.7y

75/100
ready

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

  • · Charge age ~3.7 years — mid-life; refi window approaching.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
28 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £151,474

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£151k
↑ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£117k
↑ 96% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£30k£61k£91k£121k£151kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£179.4k£138.7k
Current assets£116.9k£59.7k
Net assets£151.5k£113.4k

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
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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-18
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  2. 2024-08-19
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  3. 2023-12-01
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  4. 2022-11-18
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    mortgage · MR01
  5. 2022-11-16
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Co-Operative Bank P.L.C.
  6. 2022-08-23
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  7. 2021-06-02
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  8. 2020-06-05
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  9. 2019-07-16
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  10. 2018-06-13
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  11. 2018-01-19
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  12. 2016-11-15
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  13. 2015-12-08
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  14. 2015-09-17
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  15. 2015-01-09
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  16. 2014-12-22
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  17. 2013-12-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLOTT ENTERPRISES (TRADING AS OAKHOUSE FOODS) LIMITED
  18. 2013-12-06
    ➕
    ALLOTT, Deborah Louise appointed
    director
  19. 2013-12-06
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    ALLOTT, Martyn appointed
    director

Owner dependency

100/100
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 name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLOTT" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 13 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

69/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martyn Allott
Individual · British · DOB 12/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence05/12/2016

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
Incorporated2013-12-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

1 Oak View
Sheffield
S17 3RX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-17
Last: 2025-12-03

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

ALLOTT, Deborah Louise→
director · ~58y · appointed 2013-12-06
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ALLOTT, Martyn→
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-12-06
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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Co-operative Bank
The Co-Operative Bank P.L.C.
A registered charge1 property16/11/2022—
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Recent filings (28 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-08-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-16
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2022-11-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-08-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-16