ANGLO-EUROPEAN SOFTWARE LIMITED

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02602112 · ltd · incorporated 1991-04-17
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
—
year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£489
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 46431
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 74-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 74). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 34.7y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 34.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
84 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 £489
Net assets shrinking
Down £1,786 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£2k
Net Worth
£489
↓ 79% YoY
Current Assets
£75k
↓ 29% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£21k£42k£63k£84k£105kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£489£2.3k
Current assets£74.6k£105.1k
Cash£1.7k—
Debtors£18.4k£69.4k
Net assets£489£2.3k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  2. 2025-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-05-29
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  4. 2024-04-30
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  5. 2023-05-10
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  6. 2023-04-28
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  7. 2022-04-30
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  8. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-06-02
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    KING, Mary Ann Shella resigned
    director
  10. 2020-06-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  11. 2020-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
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  12. 2019-01-31
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  13. 2018-01-31
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  14. 2017-01-31
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  15. 2016-05-31
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  16. 2016-01-31
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  17. 2003-12-13
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    Charge satisfied #1
  18. 1999-08-02
    ➕
    STOCKDALE, Michael Robert appointed
    secretary
  19. 1999-08-02
    ➖
    REGENCY REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1996-06-26
    ➕
    KING, Mary Ann Shella appointed
    director
  21. 1991-10-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Barclays Bank PLC
  22. 1991-05-15
    ➕
    STOCKDALE, Michael Robert appointed
    director
  23. 1991-05-15
    ➖
    CONWAY, Robert resigned
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1991-05-15
    ➕
    REGENCY REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  25. 1991-05-15
    ➖
    COWAN, Graham Michael resigned
    nominee-director
  26. 1991-04-17
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLO-EUROPEAN SOFTWARE LIMITED
  27. 1991-04-17
    ➕
    CONWAY, Robert appointed
    nominee-secretary
  28. 1991-04-17
    ➕
    COWAN, Graham Michael appointed
    nominee-director

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 35 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 74 — 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 74 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 35 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 35 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Michael Robert Stockdale
Individual · British · DOB 12/1952 · age 74
25–50%
—25-50% shares17/04/2017
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mary Ann Shella Kingceased 14/04/2023· 25-50% shares

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

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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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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1991-04-17
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46431 — SIC 46431

Registered office

Lyndale House
24a High Street
Addlestone
Surrey
KT15 1TN
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-01
Last: 2026-04-17

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

STOCKDALE, Michael Robert→
secretary · appointed 1999-08-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
STOCKDALE, Michael Robert→
director · ~74y · appointed 1991-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CONWAY, Robert→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1991-04-17 · resigned 1991-05-15
Resigned
REGENCY REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1991-05-15 · resigned 1999-08-02
Resigned
COWAN, Graham Michael→
nominee-director · ~83y · appointed 1991-04-17 · resigned 1991-05-15
Resigned
KING, Mary Ann Shella→
director · ~93y · appointed 1996-06-26 · resigned 2020-06-02
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Barclays
Barclays Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/10/199113/12/2003

Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-29
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-05-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-06-02