ANDERSON & SHEPPARD LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

01471387 · ltd · incorporated 1980-01-07

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 Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

83/100

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 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 67/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 82). 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 (45/100).

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Refinance opportunity

3 live charges · 3 lenders · oldest 22.2y

25/100

too messy

Structure is too messy for a clean refinance right now — clean up first or expect bespoke terms.

· Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· 3 lenders named — inter-creditor friction likely.
· Legal-friction score 48/100 (high).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

3 charges (3/3 with lender, 3/3 with type)

Directors & officers

18 officers (5 active, 18 linked, 15 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

144 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

83/100Exceptional

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

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2026-01-31	2025-01-31
Average employees	3400	3600

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

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 accounts
• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (45 events)Click to expand

2026-06-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-09-26
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notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-09-22
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memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-22
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-07-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-01-03
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-12-31
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HITCHCOCK, John Richard resigned
director
2024-06-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-04-24
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-04-23
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LARLHAM, Christopher resigned
secretary
2024-04-23
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LARLHAM, Christopher resigned
director
2024-04-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-09-21
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-07-11
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2022-06-05
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MALONE, John James resigned
director
2021-07-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-01-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-09-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2020-09-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-01
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EGAN, Paul Robert appointed
director
2020-03-31
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JONES, Ulla Margareta Irene resigned
director
2020-03-31
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-02-06
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Charge registered #3
Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
2014-07-01
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HALL, Daniel Michael appointed
director
2014-07-01
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HEYWOOD, Colin Nicholas appointed
director
2014-07-01
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JONES, Ulla Margareta Irene appointed
director
2014-07-01
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MALONE, John James appointed
director
2011-10-04
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Charge registered #2
Lender: The Pollen Estate Trustee Company Limited
2007-02-21
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HALSEY, Norman Cyril resigned
director
2007-01-26
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PITT, Alan James resigned
director
2006-03-01
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ROWLAND, Anda appointed
director
2004-07-13
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LARLHAM, Christopher appointed
secretary
2004-07-07
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WILLIAMS, David Morris resigned
director
2004-06-01
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CAMA, John Edward resigned
secretary
2004-06-01
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CAMA, John Edward resigned
director
2004-05-26
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LARLHAM, Christopher appointed
director
2004-04-13
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Brycon Limited
1997-08-04
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WILLIAMS, David Morris appointed
director
1993-06-29
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PITT, Alan James appointed
director
1993-03-31
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ALEXANDER, Peter John resigned
secretary
1993-03-31
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ROBINSON, Terry John resigned
director
1993-03-31
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RUSSELL, Brian resigned
director
1980-01-07
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Company incorporated
As ANDERSON & SHEPPARD 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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 47 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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ms Anda Rowland Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56	—	—	sig. influencesignificant influence	10/01/2022

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Ms Josie Rowlandceased 10/01/2022· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated1980-01-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

32 Old Burlington Street

London

W1S 3AT

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-18

Last: 2026-03-04