ALLIED STORAGE TANKS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
08833700 · ltd · incorporated 2014-01-07
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£2.62M
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25290
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 76-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 76). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (4 active, 5 linked, 5 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
45 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £2,615,338
Cash YoY
+19%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2.8m
↑ 19% YoY
Net Worth
£2.6m
↑ 32% YoY
Current Assets
£3.2m
↑ 18% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£649k£1.3m£1.9m£2.6m£3.2mJan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Total assets£2.64M£2.00M
Current assets£3.24M£2.75M
Cash£2.83M£2.38M
Debtors£389.8k£348.5k
Net assets£2.62M£1.98M

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • • 4 officers
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 persons-with-significant-control
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-20
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  2. 2026-01-20
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  3. 2026-01-20
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  4. 2026-01-20
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  5. 2026-01-20
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  6. 2025-11-28
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  7. 2025-10-30
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  8. 2025-10-01
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    POWERS, Carl Eric appointed
    director
  9. 2024-10-25
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  10. 2023-10-18
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  11. 2022-10-31
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  12. 2021-10-28
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  13. 2020-10-26
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  14. 2020-09-30
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  15. 2020-09-07
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    capital · SH03
  16. 2019-06-27
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  17. 2019-03-19
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  18. 2019-03-07
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    officers · TM01
  19. 2019-02-07
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    NICKLIN, Raymond Anthony resigned
    director
  20. 2014-02-01
    ➕
    CORNABY, Teresa Christine appointed
    director
  21. 2014-02-01
    ➕
    WHITE, Kevan Mark appointed
    director
  22. 2014-02-01
    ➕
    NICKLIN, Raymond Anthony appointed
    director
  23. 2014-01-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLIED STORAGE TANKS LIMITED
  24. 2014-01-07
    ➕
    DOUGHTY, Phillip Sidney, Mr. appointed
    director

Owner dependency

55/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

73/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 12 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 Phillip Sidney Doughty
Individual · British · DOB 08/1950 · age 76
50–75%
50–75%board control50-75% shares · 50-75% 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
Incorporated2014-01-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25290 — SIC 25290

Registered office

Elfed House Oak Tree Court
Mulberry Drive, Cardiff Gate Business Park
Cardiff
CF23 8RS

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-21
Last: 2026-01-07

Officers (4 active · 1 resigned)

CORNABY, Teresa Christine→
director · ~63y · appointed 2014-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOUGHTY, Phillip Sidney, Mr.→
director · ~76y · appointed 2014-01-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POWERS, Carl Eric→
director · ~60y · appointed 2025-10-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WHITE, Kevan Mark→
director · ~61y · appointed 2014-02-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NICKLIN, Raymond Anthony→
director · ~68y · appointed 2014-02-01 · resigned 2019-02-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (45 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-31
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-01-20
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officers · AP01
2025-11-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-18