ANGLO-PORTUGUESE CORK COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
00889809 · ltd · incorporated 1966-10-17
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46730
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
9 officers (3 active, 9 linked, 5 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
102 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Average employees00

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-07-19
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  3. 2023-10-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-07-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-08-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-02-04
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  8. 2019-07-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-07-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-07-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-01-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-07-27
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-29
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2010-11-17
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    WILSON, Brian Grant appointed
    secretary
  16. 2010-11-17
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    WILSON, Brian Grant appointed
    director
  17. 2010-11-17
    ➕
    WILSON, Deborah Kay appointed
    director
  18. 2010-11-17
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    NEILSON, Enid resigned
    secretary
  19. 2010-11-17
    ➖
    NEILSON, Charles Henry resigned
    director
  20. 2010-11-17
    ➖
    NEILSON, Enid resigned
    director
  21. 2005-12-01
    ➕
    NEILSON, Enid appointed
    secretary
  22. 2005-12-01
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    NEILSON, Graham Charles resigned
    secretary
  23. 2005-07-22
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    NEILSON, Graham Charles resigned
    director
  24. 1992-12-31
    ➖
    NEILSON, Enid resigned
    secretary
  25. 1992-12-31
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    NEILSON, Graham Charles appointed
    secretary
  26. 1992-05-11
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    NEILSON, Graham Charles appointed
    director
  27. 1966-10-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLO-PORTUGUESE CORK COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 16 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 74 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 16 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 60 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

clean
No 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Deborah Kay Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1953 · age 73
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control20/01/2020
Mr Brian Grant Wilson
Individual · British · DOB 02/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence20/12/2016

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
Incorporated1966-10-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46730 — SIC 46730

Registered office

North View House
Main Street Slaley
Hexham
NE47 0AA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-31
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-18
Last: 2026-02-04

Officers (3 active · 6 resigned)

WILSON, Brian Grant→
secretary · appointed 2010-11-17
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Active
WILSON, Brian Grant→
director · ~74y · appointed 2010-11-17
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Active
WILSON, Deborah Kay→
director · ~73y · appointed 2010-11-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
NEILSON, Enid→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-01 · resigned 2010-11-17
Resigned
NEILSON, Enid→
secretary · resigned 1992-12-31
Resigned
NEILSON, Graham Charles→
secretary · appointed 1992-12-31 · resigned 2005-12-01
Resigned
NEILSON, Charles Henry→
director · ~100y · resigned 2010-11-17
Resigned
NEILSON, Enid→
director · ~99y · resigned 2010-11-17
Resigned
NEILSON, Graham Charles→
director · ~69y · appointed 1992-05-11 · resigned 2005-07-22
Resigned

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Recent filings (102 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-02-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2020-02-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-30