ANCHOR PIN ENGINEERING LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
01784474 · ltd · incorporated 1984-01-19
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 40.9y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£2.04M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Likely specialises in the wholesale and retail distribution of anchor pins and related engineering fixings or fasteners, supplying these components — probably to construction, civil engineering, or industrial sectors — from its base in Chorley, Lancashire.
Primary activity: SIC 45310
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
4 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 40.9y
70/100
ready
Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.
- · Oldest live charge is 40.9 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
75
Lenders & charges
4 charges (4/4 with lender, 4/4 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
107 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 declaredPositive net assets
Net assets £2,037,429
Cash YoY
+0%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£517k
~ YoY
Net Worth
£2.0m
↑ 12% YoY
Current Assets
£1.8m
↑ 19% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £2.06M | £1.84M |
| Current assets | £1.80M | £1.51M |
| Cash | £517.3k | £515.3k |
| Debtors | £1.20M | £910.9k |
| Net assets | £2.04M | £1.82M |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
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2 signals 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
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-28📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2025-10-22➖GALLERY, Margaret resigneddirector
- 2025-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-06-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-10-25📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-10-25📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2023-09-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-08📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-12-08📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2022-05-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-07-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-03-11📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2020-02-25🔒Charge registered #4Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2019-06-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2018-05-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2017-05-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2014-07-11🔒Charge registered #3Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2014-04-16🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2012-11-09🔒Charge registered #2Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
- 2005-11-04➕GALLERY, Michael Patrick appointeddirector
- 2004-04-30➖MAYO, Raymond resigneddirector
- 1985-06-16🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Williams & Glyn's PLC.
- 1984-01-19🏢Company incorporatedAs ANCHOR PIN ENGINEERING LIMITED
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
FACTORS
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
- secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 42 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 Michael Patrick Gallery Individual · British · DOB 03/1981 · age 45 | 50–75% | 50–75% | 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Michael Gallery Individual · British · DOB 06/1949 · age 77 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 17/07/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1984-01-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310
Registered office
Regency Works
Regent Street Coppull
Chorley
Lancashire
PR7 5AX
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
Active
GALLERY, Michael Patrick→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2005-11-04
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Active
GALLERY, Margaret→
Resigneddirector · ~76y · resigned 2025-10-22
MAYO, Raymond→
Resigneddirector · ~91y · resigned 2004-04-30
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Mortgages & charges
4
Total charges
3
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:4 of 4 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | — | 25/02/2020 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | A registered charge | 1 property | 11/07/2014 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC | Legal charge | 1 property | 09/11/2012 | — | |
| satisfied | Williams & Glyn's . Williams & Glyn's PLC. | Debenture | 1 property | 16/06/1985 | 16/04/2014 |
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Recent filings (107 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-07
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-06-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-10-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-25
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2023-10-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-08
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-08
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-05-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-29