ALLEN UPHOLSTERY LTD
- · Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- · Opportunity score: 68 → 76
- · Bankability: 65 → 75
- · Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid
- · 4 recent signals strengthening vs 0 weakening
Picture improved over the last 30 days — 4 positive signals vs 0 negative.
- ↑Opportunity score: 68 → 76
- ↑Hygiene score: 70 → 90
- ↑Bankability: 65 → 75
- ↑Filings: 19 → 21
- ·Distress / opportunity: attractive → avoid
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Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 74). 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 (73/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (79/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsHover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series
Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £26.6k | £33.8k |
| Current assets | £102.4k | £104.2k |
| Cash | £34.0k | £15.3k |
| Net assets | £13.2k | £10.6k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 gazette
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
- • 2 gazette
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 officers
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
- 2026-06-24📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2026-06-16📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2026-05-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-12➖RICHARDS, Terry resigneddirector
- 2024-09-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-07-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-06-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-07📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-03-07🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLEN UPHOLSTERY LTD
- 2017-03-07➕GRAY, Melvin Stewart appointeddirector
- 2017-03-07➕RICHARDS, Terry appointeddirector
- 2017-03-07📄incorporation-companyincorporation · NEWINC
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Terry Richards Individual · British · DOB 08/1939 · age 87 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/03/2017 |
Mr Melvin Stewart Gray Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 07/03/2017 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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