ALLSON SPARKLE LIMITED
- · Oldest live charge 34.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
- 46342SIC 46342
- 46390Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (85/100).
Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 34.2y
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 34.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: high (81/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14.81M | £15.45M |
| Gross profit | £2.18M | £2.15M |
| Operating profit | £999.2k | £1.09M |
| Profit before tax | £1.01M | £1.10M |
| Average employees | 5600 | 5900 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
3 signals 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 accounts
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-12-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-10-19📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2020-10-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-10-19📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2020-07-31📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-07-20🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Allson Sparkle 2020 Limited
- 2019-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-02-06📄accounts-with-accounts-type-fullaccounts · AA
- 2016-10-03📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-08-31➕DRYSDALE, Nicola Joyce appointeddirector
- 2009-02-28➖DRYSDALE, Allan Todd resignedsecretary
- 2002-04-30➖DRYSDALE, Allan Todd resigneddirector
- 1999-10-20🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1992-02-05🔒Charge registered #1Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 1984-09-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ALLSON SPARKLE LIMITED
Owner dependency
Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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
cleanGroup structure
Thunder Holdings Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Thunder Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 23/06/2020 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mr Colin Jonathan Drysdaleceased 23/06/2020· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting
- Mrs Nicola Joyce Drysdaleceased 23/06/2020· 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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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.
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Filing status
Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)
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Mortgages & charges
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Allson Sparkle 2020 Allson Sparkle 2020 Limited | A registered charge | — | 20/07/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Standard security | 1 property | 20/10/1999 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Bond & floating charge | 1 property | 05/02/1992 | — |