ANGLIA HANDLING SERVICES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01545263 · ltd · incorporated 1981-02-13
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 38.6y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£975.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 88-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 88). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 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
1 live charge · oldest 38.6y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 38.6 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: high (81/100)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
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 7 with DOB)
88
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
132 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · accounting standard not declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £974,953
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£684k
↓ 9.8% YoY
Net Worth
£975k
↑ 6.2% YoY
Current Assets
£1.1m
↓ 6.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-03-31 | 2024-03-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.00M | £929.5k |
| Current assets | £1.07M | £1.15M |
| Cash | £684.5k | £759.3k |
| Debtors | £319.4k | £305.5k |
| Net assets | £975.0k | £918.3k |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-12-09📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-19📄capital-return-purchase-own-sharescapital · SH03
- 2023-11-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-01📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-31📄capital-cancellation-sharescapital · SH06
- 2023-10-25📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-10-24📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2023-10-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-23📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-23📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-10-23📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-10-12➖ELLEMAN, David resigneddirector
- 2023-05-30📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2023-05-24📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2023-05-23📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2022-09-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2020-11-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-02-23➖HICKS, John David Glyn resigneddirector
- 2011-02-16➕BURGESS, Mark Graham appointeddirector
- 2003-07-18➕ACTON, Philip Stephen appointeddirector
- 1997-01-14➕HICKS, John David Glyn appointeddirector
- 1993-04-30➖ANDREWS, Frederick Alfred resigneddirector
- 1987-11-19🔒Charge registered #1Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
- 1981-02-13🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGLIA HANDLING SERVICES LIMITED
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
- -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 88 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 88 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 45 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 Kenneth James Logue Individual · British · DOB 09/1938 · age 88 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 02/11/2021 |
Mrs Gaynor Miriam Hicks Individual · British · DOB 12/1932 · age 94 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 23/02/2018 |
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mid-Anglia Project Engineering Limitedceased 02/11/2021· 25-50% shares
- Mr John David Glyn Hicksceased 23/02/2018· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A V THERMOFORMING LIMITED→ 08907666 · est 2014 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 12y | — | — |
| A.V. ENGINEERING SERVICES LIMITED→ 01222411 · est 1975 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 50y | — | — |
| AEGIS 4 SECURITY LTD→ 04287662 · est 2001 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 24y | — | — |
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| ARCH CATERING AND REFRIGERATION LTD→ 13568471 · est 2021 · no financials extracted | — | — | — | — | 4y | — | — |
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1981-02-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Registered office
Unit 3 Montgomery Way
Stratton Business Park
Biggleswade
Bedfordshire
SG18 8QB
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-02
Last: 2026-01-19
Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)
Active
ACTON, Philip Stephen→
Activedirector · ~61y · appointed 2003-07-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
BURGESS, Mark Graham→
Activedirector · ~62y · appointed 2011-02-16
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Active
Active
ANDREWS, Frederick Alfred→
Resigneddirector · ~99y · resigned 1993-04-30
ELLEMAN, David→
Resigneddirector · ~83y · resigned 2023-10-12
HICKS, John David Glyn→
Resigneddirector · ~94y · appointed 1997-01-14 · resigned 2018-02-23
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | National Westminster Bank National Westminster Bank PLC | Mortgage debenture | 1 property | 19/11/1987 | — |
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Recent filings (132 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-09
capital-return-purchase-own-shares
capital · SH03
2024-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-10
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-11-01
capital-cancellation-shares
capital · SH06
2023-10-31
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-10-25
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-10-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-23
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-10-23
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-10-23