ALLENSMORE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌱Startupactive
16120568 · ltd · incorporated 2024-12-05
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
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£16.14M
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of production holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 70/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. 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 1.3y

50/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (73/100)

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
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 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
13 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £16,140,964

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£15k
Net Worth
£16m
Current Assets
£760k
Current Liabilities

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-09-30
Total assets£16.14M
Current assets£760.0k
Cash£14.8k
Debtors£745.2k
Net assets£16.14M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (16 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2025-03-26
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    mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
    mortgage · MR01
  4. 2025-03-14
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
  5. 2025-02-27
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2025-02-27
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2025-02-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  8. 2025-02-27
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  9. 2025-02-21
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  10. 2025-02-21
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2025-02-21
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  12. 2025-02-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  13. 2024-12-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ALLENSMORE GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
  14. 2024-12-05
    TAYLOR, Mark Andrew appointed
    director
  15. 2024-12-05
    TAYLOR, Ruth Loveday appointed
    director
  16. 2024-12-05
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    incorporation-company
    incorporation · NEWINC

Owner dependency

86/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 84 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
  • +Young company: Only 1.6 years old — management layer unlikely to be developed.

Succession & seller-readiness

26/100
Weak signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — TAYLOR, Mark Andrew (same surname) appointed 2024-12-05. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Mr Mark Andrew Taylor
Individual · British · DOB 05/1973 · age 53
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control05/12/2024
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Ruth Loveday Taylorceased 14/02/2025· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control

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
Incorporated2024-12-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64202 — Activities of production holding companies

Registered office

Allensmore Nurseries Tram Inn
Allensmore
Hereford
Herefordshire
HR2 9AN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-18
Last: 2025-12-04

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

TAYLOR, Mark Andrew
director · ~53y · appointed 2024-12-05
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Active
TAYLOR, Ruth Loveday
director · ~84y · appointed 2024-12-05
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Active

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
HSBC
Hsbc UK Bank PLC
A registered charge1 property14/03/2025
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Recent filings (13 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-10
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-04-28
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-26
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-02-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-02-27
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-02-27
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2025-02-27
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-02-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-21
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2025-02-21
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-02-17
incorporation-company
incorporation · NEWINC
2024-12-05