ANNATHAN COMPANY LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
02530462 · ltd · incorporated 1990-08-13
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
6 officers (1 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
105 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Average employees00

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-02-21
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  5. 2024-02-21
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2024-02-20
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    TURNER, Lee resigned
    secretary
  7. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-12-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2015-12-10
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  17. 2008-10-16
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    HICKTON, Godfrey John resigned
    director
  18. 2004-07-01
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    HICKTON, Godfrey John resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-07-01
    ➕
    TURNER, Lee appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-09-17
    ➖
    HAYWARD, Gilbert Dixon Mornington resigned
    director
  21. 1998-06-11
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    HICKTON, Jane Martin appointed
    director
  22. 1998-06-11
    ➕
    HICKTON, Godfrey John appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-06-11
    ➖
    RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  24. 1998-06-11
    ➕
    HAYWARD, Gilbert Dixon Mornington appointed
    director
  25. 1990-08-13
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    Company incorporated
    As ANNATHAN COMPANY LIMITED

Owner dependency

100/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 28 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 36 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Jane Martin Hickton
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Lee Michael Turnerceased 01/02/2024· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control · trust interest

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

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

8 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1990-08-13
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

The Estate Office, Thorngrove
Sinton Green
Worcester
Worcestershire
WR2 6NP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-27
Last: 2025-08-13

Officers (1 active · 5 resigned)

HICKTON, Jane Martin→
director · ~78y · appointed 1998-06-11
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HICKTON, Godfrey John→
secretary · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 2004-07-01
Resigned
TURNER, Lee→
secretary · appointed 2004-07-01 · resigned 2024-02-20
Resigned
RUTLAND SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · resigned 1998-06-11
Resigned
HAYWARD, Gilbert Dixon Mornington→
director · ~81y · appointed 1998-06-11 · resigned 2001-09-17
Resigned
HICKTON, Godfrey John→
director · ~80y · resigned 2008-10-16
Resigned

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Recent filings (105 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-03-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-03-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-02-21
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-02-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-26