ANGLIA GROUP OF NURSERIES LIMITED (THE)
🌳Matureactive
01103891 · ltd · incorporated 1973-03-26
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 43.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
not disclosed
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). 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 (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 43.9y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 43.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (58/100)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
No iXBRL financials extracted
0
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 9 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 6 total, 6 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
118 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
75
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2026-03-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-10-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-01-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-28📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2023-03-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-02-02📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-12-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2019-09-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-09-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-09📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2018-04-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2018-04-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2018-04-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-04-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2018-04-20📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2017-07-05➖ELLERBROOK, Nanning Cornelius resigneddirector
- 2015-08-31➖LEWIS, Jane Elizabeth resigneddirector
- 2005-08-07➖WHARTON, Alfred Kitchener John resigneddirector
- 2002-11-28➕ELLERBROOK, Cornelius Nico appointedsecretary
- 2002-11-28➖ELLERBROOK, Nanning Cornelius resignedsecretary
- 1996-11-07➖SUDDABY, Gillian Mary resigneddirector
- 1993-04-27➖NEEDHAM, Jean Dorothy resigneddirector
- 1992-02-21🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1992-01-31➖BUDDEN, Andrew James Rawson resigneddirector
- 1982-08-02🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
- 1973-03-26🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGLIA GROUP OF NURSERIES LIMITED (THE)
Owner dependency
65/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
70/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 53 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Group structure
3 corporate shareholders identified. Group structure is distributed.
🏛️significant stake
Whartons Nurseries Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Darby Nursery Stock Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
🏛️significant stake
Morley Nurseries Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares
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ANGLIA GROUP OF NURSERIES LIMITED (THE)
This company · 01103891
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
3 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Whartons Nurseries Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Darby Nursery Stock Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Morley Nurseries Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Morley Nurseries Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Darby Nursery Stock Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
- Whartons Nurseries Limitedceased 06/04/2016· 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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Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1973-03-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Registered office
C/O Larking Gowen 1st Floor Prospect House
Rouen Road
Norwich
Norfolk
NR1 1RE
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-29
Last: 2025-11-15
Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)
ELLERBROOK, Cornelius Nico→
Activesecretary · appointed 2002-11-28
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Active
Active
Active
ELLERBROOK, Nanning Cornelius→
Resignedsecretary · resigned 2002-11-28
BUDDEN, Andrew James Rawson→
Resigneddirector · ~84y · resigned 1992-01-31
ELLERBROOK, Nanning Cornelius→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · resigned 2017-07-05
LEWIS, Jane Elizabeth→
Resigneddirector · ~73y · resigned 2015-08-31
NEEDHAM, Jean Dorothy→
Resigneddirector · ~86y · resigned 1993-04-27
SUDDABY, Gillian Mary→
Resigneddirector · ~72y · resigned 1996-11-07
WHARTON, Alfred Kitchener John→
Resigneddirector · ~112y · resigned 2005-08-07
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 21/02/1992 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Bank PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 02/08/1982 | — |
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Recent filings (118 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-03-14
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-11-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-03-28
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-02-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-11-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-03-04
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-12-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-24