ANNROS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

03087021 · ltd · incorporated 1995-08-03

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 46750

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 91). 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 (76/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

97 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	100	100

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 officers
• 1 persons-with-significant-control

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand

2026-04-10
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HOCKHAM, Eileen Pamela resigned
director
2026-04-10
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-04-10
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cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-05-12
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-06-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-06
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-10-05
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HOCKHAM, David resigned
director
2020-10-05
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HOCKHAM, Lourdes Mary resigned
director
2020-04-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-04-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2018-04-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2017-04-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2016-07-20
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officers · AP01
2016-07-15
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HOCKHAM, Lourdes Mary appointed
director
2016-05-27
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-04-21
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HOCKHAM, Eileen Pamela appointed
director
2000-06-05
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HOCKHAM, David appointed
director
1995-08-03
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Company incorporated
As ANNROS LIMITED
1995-08-03
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HOCKHAM, Eileen Pamela appointed
secretary
1995-08-03
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HOCKHAM, John Maurice appointed
director
1995-08-03
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-08-03
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L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
1995-08-03
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L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
1995-08-03
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L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
corporate-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 31 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — 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 91 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 31 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 31 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

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr John Maurice Hockham Individual · British · DOB 07/1935 · age 91	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	03/08/2016

1 historic (ceased) PSC

Mrs Eileen Pamela Hockhamceased 10/04/2026· 25-50% shares

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

Incorporated1995-08-03

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC46750 — SIC 46750

Registered office

2 Blenheim Gardens

South Croydon

Surrey

CR2 9AA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-17

Last: 2025-08-03

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

HOCKHAM, Eileen Pamela→

secretary · appointed 1995-08-03

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Active

HOCKHAM, John Maurice→

director · ~91y · appointed 1995-08-03

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Active

L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1995-08-03 · resigned 1995-08-03

Resigned

HOCKHAM, David→

director · ~64y · appointed 2000-06-05 · resigned 2020-10-05

Resigned

HOCKHAM, Eileen Pamela→

director · ~105y · appointed 2015-04-21 · resigned 2026-04-10

Resigned

HOCKHAM, Lourdes Mary→

director · ~60y · appointed 2016-07-15 · resigned 2020-10-05

Resigned

L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1995-08-03 · resigned 1995-08-03

Resigned

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Recent filings (97 total)

termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM01

2026-04-10

cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC07

2026-04-10

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-05