ANGLIA BEARING COMPANY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
01617624 · ltd · incorporated 1982-02-26
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 37.1y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£1.20M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (73/100, director aged 79). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 37.1y

70/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 37.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

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
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
11 officers (4 active, 11 linked, 6 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
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £1,200,671
Cash YoY
-6%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£672k
↓ 6.4% YoY
Net Worth
£1.2m
↑ 4.8% YoY
Current Assets
£1.2m
↓ 1.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£240k£480k£720k£961k£1.2mMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£1.24M£1.17M
Current assets£1.15M£1.17M
Cash£672.5k£718.3k
Debtors£234.9k£221.7k
Net assets£1.20M£1.15M

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (36 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-08-15
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  2. 2024-08-28
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  3. 2023-08-25
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  4. 2023-04-06
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  5. 2023-04-03
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  6. 2023-04-01
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    THODAY, Alison Jane appointed
    director
  7. 2023-01-17
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  8. 2023-01-17
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  9. 2023-01-17
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  10. 2023-01-17
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  11. 2023-01-17
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  12. 2022-10-11
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  13. 2021-07-26
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  14. 2020-07-16
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  15. 2019-07-19
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  16. 2018-06-27
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  17. 2017-11-01
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  18. 2017-02-21
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    GREENSTONES CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  19. 2016-08-01
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    GREENSTONES CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  20. 2016-06-01
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    GREENSTONES CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director
  21. 2014-09-23
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    Charge satisfied #2
  22. 2014-09-23
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    Charge satisfied #1
  23. 2012-03-08
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    THODAY, Mark Graham appointed
    director
  24. 2012-03-07
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    THODAY, Mark Graham resigned
    director
  25. 2012-03-07
    ➕
    GREENSTONES CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  26. 2009-10-27
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
  27. 2007-11-12
    ➕
    THODAY, Pamela May appointed
    director
  28. 2007-07-09
    ➕
    THODAY, Pamela May appointed
    secretary
  29. 2007-07-09
    ➖
    STONE, Roger William resigned
    secretary
  30. 2006-12-13
    ➖
    HEWERDINE, John Walter resigned
    director
  31. 2004-04-06
    ➕
    THODAY, Mark Graham appointed
    director
  32. 2004-01-08
    ➕
    STONE, Roger William appointed
    secretary
  33. 2003-12-28
    ➖
    THODAY, Roger John resigned
    secretary
  34. 2003-12-28
    ➖
    THODAY, Roger John resigned
    director
  35. 1989-06-23
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  36. 1982-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLIA BEARING COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 79 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 44 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Pamela May Thoday
Individual · British · DOB 01/1947 · age 79
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr Mark Graham Thoday
Individual · British · DOB 05/1975 · age 51
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1982-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

9 Commerce Road
Lynchwood
Peterborough
PE2 6LR

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-07
Last: 2026-05-24

Officers (4 active · 7 resigned)

THODAY, Pamela May→
secretary · appointed 2007-07-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THODAY, Alison Jane→
director · ~55y · appointed 2023-04-01
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Active
THODAY, Mark Graham→
director · ~51y · appointed 2012-03-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
THODAY, Pamela May→
director · ~79y · appointed 2007-11-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STONE, Roger William→
secretary · appointed 2004-01-08 · resigned 2007-07-09
Resigned
THODAY, Roger John→
secretary · resigned 2003-12-28
Resigned
HEWERDINE, John Walter→
director · ~75y · resigned 2006-12-13
Resigned
THODAY, Mark Graham→
director · ~51y · appointed 2004-04-06 · resigned 2012-03-07
Resigned
THODAY, Roger John→
director · ~80y · resigned 2003-12-28
Resigned
GREENSTONES CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2016-08-01 · resigned 2017-02-21
Resigned
GREENSTONES CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2012-03-07 · resigned 2016-06-01
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Mortgage2 properties27/10/200923/09/2014
satisfied
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Mortgage debenture1 property23/06/198923/09/2014

Recent filings (114 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-08-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-24
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-04-06
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2023-04-03
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-17
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2023-01-17
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2023-01-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-01-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-10-11