ANDRENA BACKHOUSE LTD

🌳Matureactive
02261840 · ltd · incorporated 1988-05-25
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 30.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
—
year to Sept 2025
Net worth
£-25.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of financial services holding companies
Sector: Financial & insurance
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed asset-holding vehicle — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 67). 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 30.4y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 30.4 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 (73/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
114 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £25,286

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£25k
Current Assets
£577
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-09-30
Total assets£-25.3k
Current assets£577
Net assets£-25.3k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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  2. 2025-10-29
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  3. 2025-03-21
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  4. 2024-02-20
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  5. 2023-03-24
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  6. 2022-09-05
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  10. 2022-09-05
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  11. 2022-03-24
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  12. 2021-01-22
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  13. 2020-03-16
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  14. 2019-10-09
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
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  15. 2019-02-15
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-01-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2019-01-11
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  18. 2019-01-11
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    officers · CH01
  19. 2017-10-25
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    BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie appointed
    director
  20. 1997-01-23
    ➕
    BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie appointed
    secretary
  21. 1997-01-23
    ➖
    BACKHOUSE, Shirley Russell resigned
    secretary
  22. 1995-12-15
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    BACKHOUSE, Shirley Russell appointed
    secretary
  23. 1995-12-15
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Steven Backhouse & Co Limited
  24. 1995-12-14
    ➖
    BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie resigned
    secretary
  25. 1995-12-14
    ➖
    BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie resigned
    director
  26. 1995-01-16
    ➖
    ADAMSON, John Daniel resigned
    director
  27. 1994-08-30
    ➕
    BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie appointed
    secretary
  28. 1994-08-30
    ➖
    INCE, Pamela resigned
    secretary
  29. 1994-08-30
    ➕
    BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie appointed
    director
  30. 1988-05-25
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDRENA BACKHOUSE LTD

Owner dependency

96/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "BACKHOUSE" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 67 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 67. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 38 years old and no new directors in the last 3 years — succession not yet being planned internally.

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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Andrena Marie Backhouse
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1988-05-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64205 — Activities of financial services holding companies

Registered office

C/O Towers + Gornall Ltd River View, 96 High Street
Garstang
Preston
Lancashire
PR3 1WZ
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-06-30
Last made up to: 2025-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last: 2025-10-17

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie→
secretary · appointed 1997-01-23
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Active
BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie→
director · ~65y · appointed 2017-10-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BACKHOUSE, John Steven William→
director · ~67y
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie→
secretary · appointed 1994-08-30 · resigned 1995-12-14
Resigned
BACKHOUSE, Shirley Russell→
secretary · appointed 1995-12-15 · resigned 1997-01-23
Resigned
INCE, Pamela→
secretary · resigned 1994-08-30
Resigned
ADAMSON, John Daniel→
director · ~91y · resigned 1995-01-16
Resigned
BACKHOUSE, Andrena Marie→
director · ~65y · appointed 1994-08-30 · resigned 1995-12-14
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Steven Backhouse & Co
Steven Backhouse & Co Limited
Legal charge1 property15/12/1995—
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Recent filings (114 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-05-15
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-10-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-02-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-03-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-05
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-09-05
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-03-24