ANCA TAPES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03419354 · ltd · incorporated 1997-08-14
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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Turnover
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year to Jun 2025
Net worth
£2
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
3 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
69 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 £2

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£2
Current Assets
£17
Current Liabilities
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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-06-30
Total assets£2
Current assets£17
Net assets£2

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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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-06
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  2. 2024-10-24
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  3. 2023-11-27
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  4. 2022-09-01
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  5. 2021-12-30
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  6. 2021-07-08
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  7. 2019-11-13
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-03-28
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2017-12-18
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2016-11-23
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-02-16
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    officers · CH01
  12. 2015-08-25
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-08-17
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2014-12-22
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2007-11-26
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    DAINTY, Philip Charles appointed
    director
  16. 1997-08-14
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    Company incorporated
    As ANCA TAPES LIMITED
  17. 1997-08-14
    ➕
    DAINTY, Carol Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 1997-08-14
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    DOWNING, Ruth Eleanor appointed
    director
  19. 1997-08-14
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    MIDLANDS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  20. 1997-08-14
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    MIDLANDS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  21. 1997-08-14
    ➕
    ADEY, Jane appointed
    director
  22. 1997-08-14
    ➖
    ADEY, Jane resigned
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

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 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

Anca Industrial Supplies Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Anca Industrial Supplies Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
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ANCA TAPES LIMITED
This company · 03419354

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

Shareholders & ownership

3 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Anca Industrial Supplies Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016
Mr Philip Charles Dainty
Individual · British · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Ms Ruth Eleanor Downing
Individual · British · DOB 03/1965 · age 61
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1997-08-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Unit D4b Coombs Park Business Park East
Coombswood Way
Halesowen
West Midlands
B62 8BH

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-03-31
Last made up to: 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-04
Last: 2025-08-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

DAINTY, Carol Mary→
secretary · appointed 1997-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DAINTY, Philip Charles→
director · ~59y · appointed 2007-11-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DOWNING, Ruth Eleanor→
director · ~61y · appointed 1997-08-14
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MIDLANDS COMPANY SERVICES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 1997-08-14 · resigned 1997-08-14
Resigned
ADEY, Jane→
director · ~65y · appointed 1997-08-14 · resigned 1997-08-14
Resigned

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Recent filings (69 total)

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2025-11-06
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-28
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2024-10-24
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2024-08-27
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accounts · AA
2023-11-27
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2023-08-22
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accounts · AA
2022-09-01
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-23
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accounts · AA
2021-12-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-08
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-03-28