ANTSPIRE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03324623 · ltd · incorporated 1997-02-26
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£389.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Support activities for crop production
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 02100SIC 02100
  • 02300SIC 02300
  • 02400SIC 02400
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 4 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
90 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £389,557

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£390k
↑ 6.0% YoY
Current Assets
£963
↓ 58% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£78k£156k£234k£312k£390kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£389.6k£367.6k
Current assets£963£2.3k
Net assets£389.6k£367.6k

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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Last 180 days
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Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-24
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  2. 2025-06-03
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  3. 2023-09-15
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  4. 2022-10-05
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  5. 2022-04-05
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  6. 2021-03-24
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  7. 2019-10-16
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  8. 2019-02-19
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  9. 2017-10-13
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  10. 2017-04-07
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  11. 2017-03-02
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  12. 2016-04-25
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  13. 2015-10-15
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  14. 2015-04-29
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  15. 2014-10-03
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2003-07-01
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    WILEY, Paul Michael appointed
    director
  17. 1999-07-13
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    WILEY-SULLIVAN, Annabel appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-07-10
    ➕
    WILEY, Marie-Anne Therese Henriette appointed
    director
  19. 1999-07-10
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    WILEY, Marie-Anne Therese Henriette resigned
    secretary
  20. 1999-07-10
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    WILEY, Paul Michael resigned
    director
  21. 1997-03-12
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    WILEY, Marie-Anne Therese Henriette appointed
    secretary
  22. 1997-03-12
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    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 1997-03-12
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    WILEY, Paul Michael appointed
    director
  24. 1997-03-12
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 1997-02-26
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTSPIRE LIMITED
  26. 1997-02-26
    ➕
    LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-02-26
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    LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

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 80 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 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 29 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.)

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-02-26
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01610 — Support activities for crop production

Registered office

4 Langmere Road Langmere Road
Watton
Thetford
IP25 6LG
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-04
Last: 2025-09-20

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

WILEY-SULLIVAN, Annabel→
secretary · appointed 1999-07-13
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILEY, Marie-Anne Therese Henriette→
director · ~74y · appointed 1999-07-10
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Active
WILEY, Paul Michael→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WILEY, Marie-Anne Therese Henriette→
secretary · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 1999-07-10
Resigned
LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-02-26 · resigned 1997-03-12
Resigned
WILEY, Paul Michael→
director · ~80y · appointed 1997-03-12 · resigned 1999-07-10
Resigned
LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-02-26 · resigned 1997-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (90 total)

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2025-09-24
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2025-09-24
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accounts · AA
2025-06-03
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2024-10-28
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2023-10-27
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accounts · AA
2023-09-15
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-05
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accounts · AA
2022-04-05
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2021-10-21
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accounts · AA
2021-03-24
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2020-09-22
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2019-10-16
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2019-09-30
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2019-02-19