ANDERSON PHILLIPS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
03399760 · ltd · incorporated 1997-07-07
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 Oct 2024
Net worth
£105
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.5y

45/100
under pressure

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.5 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

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
5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
5 connected companies via shared directors
60
Filing history
87 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 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £105

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£105
~ YoY
Current Assets
£105
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£21£42£63£84£105Oct 2023Oct 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-10-312023-10-31
Total assets£105£105
Current assets£105£105
Net assets£105£105

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-05-15
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  2. 2026-05-13
    ➖
    RABBITT, Susan Gwendoline resigned
    secretary
  3. 2025-04-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-07-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-11-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2020-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2018-08-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-07-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2015-08-14
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2015-07-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2014-11-05
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  16. 2014-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  17. 2008-03-15
    ➕
    RABBITT, Susan Gwendoline appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-03-05
    ➖
    BLENKINSOP, Jane Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-12-09
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: National Westminster Bank PLC
  20. 1997-07-07
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSON PHILLIPS LIMITED
  21. 1997-07-07
    ➕
    BLENKINSOP, Steven appointed
    director
  22. 1997-07-07
    ➕
    BLENKINSOP, Jane Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  23. 1997-07-07
    ➕
    GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
    nominee-secretary
  24. 1997-07-07
    ➖
    GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
    nominee-secretary
  25. 1997-07-07
    ➕
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
    nominee-director
  26. 1997-07-07
    ➖
    GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
    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 66 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Steven Blenkinsop
Individual · British · DOB 08/1960 · age 66
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/07/2016

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

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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
Incorporated1997-07-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

5 Silchester Court
Maidstone
Kent
ME14 2DF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-07-30
Last made up to: 2024-10-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-21
Last: 2025-07-07

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

BLENKINSOP, Steven→
director · ~66y · appointed 1997-07-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BLENKINSOP, Jane Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 1997-07-07 · resigned 2008-03-05
Resigned
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
nominee-secretary · appointed 1997-07-07 · resigned 1997-07-07
Resigned
RABBITT, Susan Gwendoline→
secretary · appointed 2008-03-15 · resigned 2026-05-13
Resigned
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 1997-07-07 · resigned 1997-07-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
National Westminster Bank
National Westminster Bank PLC
Debenture1 property09/12/2004—
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Recent filings (87 total)

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-01-06
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-06-27