ANNINGS (ILKLEY) LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
00672387 · ltd · incorporated 1960-10-13
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
- · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jan 2026
Net worth
£47.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Consolidate lender relationships. 3 distinct lenders creates friction — refinance into single-lender structure for cleaner diligence. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 50.8y
35/100
too messy
Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.
- · Oldest live charge is 50.8 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
- · Legal-friction score 35/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
108 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
80
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 · FRS 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £47,073
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£47k
↑ 1.1% YoY
Current Assets
£42k
↓ 6.4% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2026-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £49.4k | £48.8k |
| Current assets | £41.8k | £44.6k |
| Net assets | £47.1k | £46.5k |
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.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-04-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-07-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2024-04-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-14📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2024-03-13📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-datepersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-07-07📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-19📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-05-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-07-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-06-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-13📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-07-12📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2015-06-26➕WITT, Helen Elizabeth appointedsecretary
- 2015-06-26➕WITT, Helen Elizabeth appointeddirector
- 2015-06-26➖ANNING, Lisa resignedsecretary
- 2015-06-26➖ANNING, Lisa resigneddirector
- 2015-06-26➖ANNING, Paul Richard resigneddirector
- 1997-02-03➕WITT, David Richard appointeddirector
- 1995-02-01➕ANNING, Lisa appointeddirector
- 1992-06-01🔓Charge satisfied #2
- 1989-05-31🔒Charge registered #3Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1985-01-24🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Yorkshire Bank PLC.
- 1975-09-09🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Yorkshire Bank LTD.
- 1960-10-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ANNINGS (ILKLEY) LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
86/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 29 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 66 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
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Richard Witt Individual · English · DOB 12/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 12/07/2018 |
Mrs Helen Elizabeth Witt Individual · British · DOB 04/1963 · age 63 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 26/06/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1960-10-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46180 — Agents specialised in the sale of other particular products
Registered office
Walter Dawson & Son 1 Valley Court
Canal Road
Bradford
West Yorkshire
BD1 4SP
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-10-31
Last made up to: 2026-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-12
Last: 2025-06-28
Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)
WITT, Helen Elizabeth→
Activesecretary · appointed 2015-06-26
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WITT, David Richard→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 1997-02-03
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WITT, Helen Elizabeth→
Activedirector · ~63y · appointed 2015-06-26
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ANNING, Lisa→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2015-06-26
ANNING, Lisa→
Resigneddirector · ~82y · appointed 1995-02-01 · resigned 2015-06-26
ANNING, Paul Richard→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2015-06-26
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Mortgages & charges
3
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:3 of 3 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 31/05/1989 | — | |
| satisfied | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank PLC. | Debenture | 1 property | 24/01/1985 | 01/06/1992 | |
| outstanding | Virgin Money Yorkshire Bank LTD. | Debenture | 1 property | 09/09/1975 | — |
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Recent filings (108 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-07-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-14
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-03-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control-without-name-date
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-07
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-04-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-03