AMERICAN NEWS SERVICE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03214466 · ltd · incorporated 1996-06-20
Investment thesis
Well-run mature business — low negotiation leverage; premium likely.
Why interesting: Textbook target; clean filings, stable trading.
Why risky: No pressure on seller; any deal likely at full price.
Opportunity decay
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: News agency activities
Sector: Information & communication
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 81-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 81). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
8 officers (2 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
84 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jun 2024Jun 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-06-302024-06-30

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (30 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-07-02
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  3. 2024-03-04
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  4. 2022-07-07
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  5. 2022-02-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2020-07-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2019-10-08
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  8. 2019-10-08
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  9. 2019-10-08
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    capital · SH01
  10. 2019-10-08
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    officers · AP01
  11. 2019-10-08
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    officers · TM02
  12. 2019-07-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-07-01
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    GIORGI, Bruno Francesco Romolo appointed
    director
  14. 2019-07-01
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    SCULTHORPE, Robert Leslie resigned
    secretary
  15. 2019-02-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-06-28
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    address · AD01
  17. 2017-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2009-03-31
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    DUCKWORTH, Marilyn Jill resigned
    secretary
  19. 2009-03-31
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    SCULTHORPE, Robert Leslie appointed
    secretary
  20. 2009-03-31
    ➖
    GIORGI, Bruno Francesco Romolo resigned
    director
  21. 2001-06-04
    ➕
    DUCKWORTH, Marilyn Jill appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-05-31
    ➖
    MARLAND, Paul Geoffrey Wade resigned
    secretary
  23. 1996-06-24
    ➕
    DUCKWORTH, Marilyn Jill appointed
    director
  24. 1996-06-24
    ➕
    MARLAND, Paul Geoffrey Wade appointed
    secretary
  25. 1996-06-24
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 1996-06-24
    ➕
    GIORGI, Bruno Francesco Romolo appointed
    director
  27. 1996-06-24
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  28. 1996-06-20
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    Company incorporated
    As AMERICAN NEWS SERVICE LIMITED
  29. 1996-06-20
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1996-06-20
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 30 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 81 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 81 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 30 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 30 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
Mr Bruno Francesco Romolo Giorgi
Individual · Italian · DOB 10/1945 · age 81
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mrs Marilyn Jill Duckworthceased 01/07/2019· 75-100% 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
Incorporated1996-06-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC63910 — News agency activities

Registered office

Unit 1h Grovemere House
Lancaster Way Business Park
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB6 3NW
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-22
Last: 2025-10-08

Officers (2 active · 6 resigned)

DUCKWORTH, Marilyn Jill→
director · ~80y · appointed 1996-06-24
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GIORGI, Bruno Francesco Romolo→
director · ~81y · appointed 2019-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DUCKWORTH, Marilyn Jill→
secretary · appointed 2001-06-04 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
MARLAND, Paul Geoffrey Wade→
secretary · appointed 1996-06-24 · resigned 2001-05-31
Resigned
SCULTHORPE, Robert Leslie→
secretary · appointed 2009-03-31 · resigned 2019-07-01
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1996-06-20 · resigned 1996-06-24
Resigned
GIORGI, Bruno Francesco Romolo→
director · ~81y · appointed 1996-06-24 · resigned 2009-03-31
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1996-06-20 · resigned 1996-06-24
Resigned

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Recent filings (84 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-03-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-07-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-08
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-10-08
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2019-10-08