ANGLIA CATHODIC PROTECTION SERVICES LIMITED

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03388332 · ltd · incorporated 1997-06-18
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 82-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 82). 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 (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
7 officers (2 active, 7 linked, 3 with DOB)
79
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
93 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

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees22

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
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-15
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  2. 2025-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-06-24
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  4. 2025-06-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  5. 2024-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-02-28
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  7. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-27
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  10. 2021-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-08-11
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  12. 2021-04-01
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    BAILEY, Kay Patricia resigned
    director
  13. 2021-03-02
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  14. 2021-03-01
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  15. 2021-01-28
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    BAILEY, Patricia Joy resigned
    director
  16. 2020-12-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2020-11-11
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  18. 2020-07-30
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  19. 2020-07-30
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  20. 2020-07-30
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    capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
    capital · SH10
  21. 2020-07-23
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  22. 2011-01-26
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    BAILEY, Patricia Joy appointed
    director
  23. 2010-05-17
    ➕
    BAILEY, Kay Patricia appointed
    secretary
  24. 2010-05-17
    ➖
    BAILEY, Patricia Joy resigned
    secretary
  25. 2010-04-06
    ➕
    BAILEY, Kay Patricia appointed
    director
  26. 1997-06-18
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLIA CATHODIC PROTECTION SERVICES LIMITED
  27. 1997-06-18
    ➕
    BAILEY, Robin Edward appointed
    director
  28. 1997-06-18
    ➕
    BAILEY, Patricia Joy appointed
    secretary
  29. 1997-06-18
    ➕
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  30. 1997-06-18
    ➖
    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 1997-06-18
    ➕
    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  32. 1997-06-18
    ➖
    COMPANY DIRECTORS 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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 82 — 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 82 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 29 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.)

Group structure

Anglia Cathodic Holding Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Anglia Cathodic Holding Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ANGLIA CATHODIC PROTECTION SERVICES LIMITED
This company · 03388332

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Anglia Cathodic Holding Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting25/02/2021
3 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Robin Edward Baileyceased 23/06/2025· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control
  • Miss Kay Patricia Baileyceased 19/07/2019· 25-50% shares
  • Mrs Patricia Joy Baileyceased 19/07/2019· 25-50% voting

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

🔒Co-director network graph

Radial SVG graph showing every company connected via shared directors, colour-coded by status.

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1997-06-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis

Registered office

Unit 6 Meadow View Industrial Estate Reach Road
Burwell
Cambridge
CB25 0GH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-06-14
Last: 2026-05-31

Officers (2 active · 5 resigned)

BAILEY, Kay Patricia→
secretary · appointed 2010-05-17
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAILEY, Robin Edward→
director · ~82y · appointed 1997-06-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BAILEY, Patricia Joy→
secretary · appointed 1997-06-18 · resigned 2010-05-17
Resigned
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-06-18 · resigned 1997-06-18
Resigned
BAILEY, Kay Patricia→
director · ~61y · appointed 2010-04-06 · resigned 2021-04-01
Resigned
BAILEY, Patricia Joy→
director · ~82y · appointed 2011-01-26 · resigned 2021-01-28
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1997-06-18 · resigned 1997-06-18
Resigned

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Recent filings (93 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-21
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2025-12-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-17
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2025-06-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2025-06-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-14
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-21
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-01
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-12-22