ALLAN RIVER SHARED ENTERPRISE LTD.
- · Oldest live charge 5.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 75). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 5.6y
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 5.6 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (78/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key 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 | 2024-08-31 | 2023-08-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | — | £202.9k |
| Cash | — | £59.1k |
| Net assets | — | £186.3k |
| Average employees | 0 | — |
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
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-21📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-07-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-09-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-09-07📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-09-07📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-05-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-10-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-04-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-09-23📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-09-23🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Paragon Bank PLC
- 2020-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-05-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2012-04-11➕TROUP, Alisdair appointeddirector
- 2012-04-11➕TROUP, Michael appointeddirector
- 2010-08-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLAN RIVER SHARED ENTERPRISE LTD.
- 2010-08-26➕TROUP, Florence Anne appointeddirector
- 2010-08-26➕BRIAN REID LTD. appointedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-08-26➖BRIAN REID LTD. resignedcorporate-secretary
- 2010-08-26➕MABBOTT, Stephen George appointeddirector
- 2010-08-26➖MABBOTT, Stephen George resigneddirector
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 75 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 75 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 16 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
- supportingClean filings + long tenure: Disciplined long-tenure operator — classic lifestyle-business pattern that often sells quietly.
Red flags
cleanShareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Michael Troup Individual · British · DOB 04/1984 · age 42 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 27/10/2021 |
Mr Alisdair Troup Individual · British · DOB 01/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 27/10/2021 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Florence Anne Troupceased 27/10/2021· 75-100% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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Filing status
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Paragon Paragon Bank PLC | A registered charge | 3 properties | 23/09/2020 | — |