ANSOM MOORE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03373908 · ltd · incorporated 1997-05-20
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 May 2025
Net worth
£117.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -91% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 27.3y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 27.3 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £117,637
Cash draining
Cash down 91% YoY
Cash YoY
-91%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4k
↓ 91% YoY
Net Worth
£118k
↑ 24% YoY
Current Assets
£168k
↑ 55% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£34k£67k£101k£134k£168kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£117.6k£94.8k
Current assets£167.7k£108.4k
Cash£4.1k£47.3k
Debtors£118.6k£16.1k
Net assets£117.6k£94.8k

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 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-20
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  2. 2025-02-28
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  3. 2024-02-28
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  4. 2023-02-28
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  5. 2022-04-13
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  6. 2021-07-06
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  7. 2020-05-27
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  8. 2020-02-28
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  9. 2019-02-28
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  10. 2018-03-29
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  11. 2018-03-29
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    Charge satisfied #1
  12. 2018-03-28
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  13. 2018-03-06
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  14. 2018-03-06
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  15. 2018-03-06
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  16. 2018-03-06
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  17. 2018-03-01
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    GRIFFITHS, Gareth Dean resigned
    secretary
  18. 2018-03-01
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    GRIFFITHS, Gareth Dean resigned
    director
  19. 2018-03-01
    ➖
    WOOD, Victor Henry resigned
    director
  20. 2008-06-01
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    WOOD, Victor Henry appointed
    director
  21. 2000-11-03
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    GRIFFITHS, Trevor Wyn appointed
    director
  22. 2000-11-03
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    BARNES, Suzanne Clare resigned
    director
  23. 1999-03-18
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Midland Bank PLC
  24. 1997-11-18
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Gareth Dean appointed
    secretary
  25. 1997-11-18
    ➕
    GRIFFITHS, Gareth Dean appointed
    director
  26. 1997-07-04
    ➖
    SEMKEN LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 1997-07-04
    ➕
    BARNES, Suzanne Clare appointed
    director
  28. 1997-07-04
    ➖
    LUFMER LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  29. 1997-05-20
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    Company incorporated
    As ANSOM MOORE LIMITED
  30. 1997-05-20
    ➕
    SEMKEN LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1997-05-20
    ➕
    LUFMER LIMITED appointed
    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 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 26 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Trevor Wyn Griffiths
Individual · British · DOB 10/1946 · age 80
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-05-20
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47710 — Retail sale of clothing in specialised stores

Registered office

Meryon Woodham Park Way
Woodham
Addlestone
KT15 3SA
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-03
Last: 2026-05-20

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

GRIFFITHS, Trevor Wyn→
director · ~80y · appointed 2000-11-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRIFFITHS, Gareth Dean→
secretary · appointed 1997-11-18 · resigned 2018-03-01
Resigned
SEMKEN LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-05-20 · resigned 1997-07-04
Resigned
BARNES, Suzanne Clare→
director · ~56y · appointed 1997-07-04 · resigned 2000-11-03
Resigned
GRIFFITHS, Gareth Dean→
director · ~57y · appointed 1997-11-18 · resigned 2018-03-01
Resigned
WOOD, Victor Henry→
director · ~70y · appointed 2008-06-01 · resigned 2018-03-01
Resigned
LUFMER LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-05-20 · resigned 1997-07-04
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Midland Bank
Midland Bank PLC
Debenture1 property18/03/199929/03/2018

Recent filings (84 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-02
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accounts · AA
2026-02-20
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2025-06-10
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2025-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-26
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accounts · AA
2024-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-21
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accounts · AA
2023-02-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
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accounts · AA
2022-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-27
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accounts · AA01
2020-02-28