ALLISON POWELL ARCHITECTS LIMITED

🌿Early-stageactive
14975979 · ltd · incorporated 2023-07-03
Investment thesis
Growth-phase business — story-led; valuation sensitive to momentum.
Why interesting: Trading is scaling; acquirers paying for trajectory get disproportionate leverage.
Why risky: Price often leads fundamentals; dependency on founder often high.
Why now
Window steady · medium confidence
Mixed signals — 1 changes over 30 days, no clear direction yet.
  • · Filings: 14 → 15
What changed my view
Last 30 days

Picture improved over the last 30 days — 1 positive signal vs 0 negative.

  • Filings: 1415
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other engineering activities
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and acceptable with review structure.

Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
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
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
15 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
55
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees2

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
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (15 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-12
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  3. 2025-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  4. 2025-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  5. 2025-09-12
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  6. 2025-01-22
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2024-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2024-09-17
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    legacy
    miscellaneous · RPCH01
  9. 2023-07-31
    ✏️
    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  10. 2023-07-31
    ✏️
    change-of-name-request-comments
    change-of-name · NM06
  11. 2023-07-31
    ✏️
    change-of-name-notice
    change-of-name · CONNOT
  12. 2023-07-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLISON POWELL ARCHITECTS LIMITED
  13. 2023-07-03
    HEAD, Allison Claire appointed
    director
  14. 2023-07-03
    HEAD, Steven David appointed
    director
  15. 2023-07-03
    📄
    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

66/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

36/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.

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
Mrs Allison Claire Head
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control03/07/2023

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
Incorporated2023-07-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71129 — Other engineering activities

Registered office

Cherry Bank
Thornleigh Drive
Burton In Kendal
Carnforth
LA6 1NQ
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-16
Last: 2026-07-02

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

HEAD, Allison Claire
director · ~53y · appointed 2023-07-03
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Active
HEAD, Steven David
director · ~52y · appointed 2023-07-03
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Active

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Recent filings (15 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-30
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-02
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-01-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-18
legacy
miscellaneous · RPCH01
2024-09-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-06
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2023-07-31
change-of-name-request-comments
change-of-name · NM06
2023-07-31
change-of-name-notice
change-of-name · CONNOT
2023-07-31
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2023-07-03