ANCOL PET PRODUCTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01019480 · ltd · incorporated 1971-08-02

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 Dec 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). 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

5 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 50.4y

35/100

too messy

Refinance path is blocked by complexity. Rethink structure or expect bespoke, expensive terms.

· Oldest live charge is 50.4 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 (79/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

7 officers (6 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

5 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

107 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-12-31	2024-12-31
Profit before tax	—	£147.0k
Average employees	46	45

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 persons-with-significant-control
• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-03-17
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2026-02-23
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2025-09-10
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accounts · AA
2024-06-05
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accounts · AA
2023-02-23
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accounts · AA
2022-09-15
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mortgage · MR01
2022-09-13
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2022-09-13
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Hsbc UK Bank PLC
2021-09-16
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accounts · AA
2020-10-01
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2019-09-23
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accounts · AA
2018-09-26
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accounts · AA
2017-09-27
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accounts · AA
2016-09-28
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accounts · AA
2016-02-25
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annual-return · AR01
2015-09-22
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accounts · AA
2007-11-06
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Charge satisfied #4
2007-11-06
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Charge satisfied #3
2007-11-06
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Charge satisfied #1
1998-03-06
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LANE, Jonathan Paul appointed
secretary
1998-03-06
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LANE, Ann Marie resigned
secretary
1994-04-06
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LANE, Sarah Louise appointed
director
1994-04-01
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LANE, Jonathan Paul appointed
director
1985-06-28
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1985-04-16
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Midland Bank PLC
1981-06-07
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Midland Bank LTD
1976-01-14
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Midland Bank LTD
1971-08-02
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Company incorporated
As ANCOL PET PRODUCTS LIMITED

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS

-5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 32 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 32 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 55 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

1 med ·

Charge satisfaction-then-recreation pattern

medium

Multiple instances where a charge was satisfied and a new charge created within 6 months. Suggests active refinancing cycle.

Shareholders & ownership

5 active beneficial owners · fragmented

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mrs Sarah Louise Lane Individual · British · DOB 11/1968 · age 58	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017
Mr Simon Colin Lane Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017
Mr Jonathan Paul Lane Individual · British · DOB 10/1970 · age 56	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/01/2017
Mr Colin Lane Individual · British · DOB 12/1939 · age 87	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/01/2017
Mrs Ann Marie Lane Individual · British · DOB 09/1941 · age 85	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	01/01/2017

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

Incorporated1971-08-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

Ancol House

Leamore Lane

Bloxwich

Walsall West Midlands

WS2 7DA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-09-30

Last made up to: 2025-12-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-10

Last: 2026-02-24