ALLISON SERVICES LTD

🌿Early-stageactive
15627211 · ltd · incorporated 2024-04-08
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: 6 → 9
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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

  • Filings: 69
Last 90 days

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Last 180 days

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🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Apr 2026
Net worth
£2.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
75/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 75/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Strong seller-intent signal (60/100, director aged 65). 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 (78/100)

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
2 officers (1 active, 2 linked, 2 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
9 filings
60
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
75/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
60
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
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 £2,408

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
£2k
↑ 200% YoY
Current Assets
£72
↓ 84% YoY
Current Liabilities
£0£482£963£1k£2k£2kApr 2025Apr 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2026-04-302025-04-30
Total assets£2.4k£802
Current assets£72£444
Net assets£2.4k£802

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days
3
filings
  • 1 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
5
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 1 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
6
filings
  • 2 persons-with-significant-control
  • 2 confirmation-statement
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (10 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-07-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  2. 2026-06-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2026-04-28
    BARTON, Clare Bridget Ena resigned
    director
  4. 2026-04-28
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  5. 2026-04-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-04-08
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ALLISON SERVICES LTD
  8. 2024-04-08
    ALLISON, James Robert Fenwick appointed
    director
  9. 2024-04-08
    BARTON, Clare Bridget Ena appointed
    director
  10. 2024-04-08
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ALLISON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Young company: Only 2.3 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

65/100
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.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.

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 James Robert Fenwick Allison
Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65
75100%
75-100% shares08/04/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Clare Bridget Ena Bartonceased 28/04/2026· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2024-04-08
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Deer Springs Cottage
Harrogate Road
Wetherby
LS22 4AN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2028-01-31
Last made up to: 2026-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-13
Last: 2026-06-29

Officers (1 active · 1 resigned)

ALLISON, James Robert Fenwick
director · ~65y · appointed 2024-04-08
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Active
BARTON, Clare Bridget Ena
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-04-08 · resigned 2026-04-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (9 total)

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2026-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-06-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-04-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-04-08