ANCHOR MILLS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED

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03436264 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 1997-09-18

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

—

year to Oct 2025

Net worth

£15.7k

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Combined office administrative service activities

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (69/100)

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

25 officers (10 active, 25 linked, 21 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

121 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £15,708

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

£16k

↑ 4.3% YoY

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-10-01	2024-09-30
Total assets	£15.7k	£15.1k
Net assets	£15.7k	£15.1k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filings

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (59 events)Click to expand

2025-10-10
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accounts · AA
2025-08-13
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officers · TM01
2025-08-04
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GOUGH, Maureen Gillian resigned
director
2024-10-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-23
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officers · AP01
2022-10-23
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-10-23
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-18
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SUTHERLAND, Linda Mary appointed
director
2022-10-18
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SUTHERLAND, Robin Leslie appointed
director
2022-09-26
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appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2022-09-26
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-09-26
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-09-25
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SUTHERLAND, Robin appointed
secretary
2022-09-25
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SOMERVILLE, Suzanne Elizabeth resigned
secretary
2021-10-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-02
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address · AD01
2020-11-01
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SOMERVILLE, Suzanne Elizabeth appointed
secretary
2020-11-01
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officers · EH02
2020-11-01
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officers · AP03
2020-11-01
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2020-11-01
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2020-10-31
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ADAMS, Paul Stuart Giles resigned
secretary
2020-10-31
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ADAMS, Paul Stuart Giles resigned
director
2020-06-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-07-01
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HATT, Christopher Donald Charles resigned
director
2018-10-01
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CARTER, Erin appointed
director
2018-10-01
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LAYLAND, Nathan appointed
director
2018-10-01
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CLEAVER, Philippa Anne resigned
director
2016-11-10
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ADAMS, Dawne resigned
director
2016-10-26
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SOMERVILLE, Martin Paul appointed
director
2016-10-26
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SOMERVILLE, Suzanne Elizabeth appointed
director
2016-10-20
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ADAMS, Dawne appointed
director
2016-08-01
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EDWARDS, Barry Thomas resigned
director
2016-08-01
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EDWARDS, Linda Mary resigned
director
2015-05-01
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ADAMS, Diane resigned
director
2011-05-06
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GOUGH, Maureen Gillian appointed
director
2011-05-03
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GOUGH, Edward James resigned
director
2008-04-17
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HATT, Christopher Donald Charles appointed
director
2005-11-01
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GOUGH, Edward James appointed
director
2005-11-01
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SAUNDERS, Peter Raymond resigned
director
2004-07-01
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CLEAVER, Philippa Anne appointed
director
2004-06-16
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CANN, John resigned
director
2003-06-16
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SHEPPARD, Rosalind appointed
director
2003-06-16
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PENNY, David resigned
director
1997-11-12
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BARTLETT, Neil Anthony appointed
director
1997-11-12
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ADAMS, Diane appointed
director
1997-09-18
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Company incorporated
As ANCHOR MILLS RESIDENTS ASSOCIATION LIMITED
1997-09-18
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BARTLETT, Patricia Cecilia Mary appointed
director

Showing most recent 50 of 59 events

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-9 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 29 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100

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 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated1997-09-18

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82110 — Combined office administrative service activities

Registered office

3 Anchor Mills

Bradiford

Barnstaple

EX31 4DP

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-10-01

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-08

Last: 2025-07-25