ANGLIA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03526515 · ltd · incorporated 1998-03-12
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£113.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
8 officers (3 active, 8 linked, 3 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
78 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £113,700
Net assets shrinking
Down £23,738 YoY
Cash YoY
-25%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£71k
↓ 25% YoY
Net Worth
£114k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Assets
£178k
↓ 7.2% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£38k£77k£115k£153k£191kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£115.8k£145.7k
Current assets£177.7k£191.5k
Cash£71.2k£94.4k
Debtors£104.5k£95.0k
Net assets£113.7k£137.4k

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
0
filings
Last 90 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 accounts
Last 180 days
4
filings
  • • 2 confirmation-statement
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-30
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  2. 2026-04-28
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  3. 2025-04-30
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  4. 2024-04-30
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  5. 2023-04-27
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  6. 2022-04-28
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  7. 2020-12-14
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  8. 2019-12-20
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  9. 2019-01-10
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  10. 2017-11-30
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  11. 2017-01-06
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  12. 2016-03-14
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  13. 2015-11-15
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2013-10-01
    ➕
    DAVIS, Clare Louise appointed
    director
  15. 2001-12-30
    ➕
    DAVIS, Philip Charles appointed
    secretary
  16. 2001-12-30
    ➕
    DAVIS, Andrew James appointed
    director
  17. 2001-12-30
    ➖
    DAVIS, Andrew James resigned
    secretary
  18. 2001-12-30
    ➖
    DAVIS, Anthony Herschel Piercy resigned
    director
  19. 2000-03-01
    ➕
    DAVIS, Andrew James appointed
    secretary
  20. 2000-01-30
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    DAVIS, Maureen Jane resigned
    secretary
  21. 1998-03-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLIA INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
  22. 1998-03-12
    ➕
    DAVIS, Maureen Jane appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-03-12
    ➕
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-03-12
    ➖
    RM REGISTRARS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-03-12
    ➕
    DAVIS, Anthony Herschel Piercy appointed
    director
  26. 1998-03-12
    ➕
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 1998-03-12
    ➖
    RM NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-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 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

66/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 28 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew James Davis
Individual · British · DOB 08/1976 · age 50
25–50%
—25-50% shares12/03/2017

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
Incorporated1998-03-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

94 Fordham Road
Soham
Ely
Cambridgeshire
CB7 5AJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-19
Last: 2026-05-05

Officers (3 active · 5 resigned)

DAVIS, Philip Charles→
secretary · appointed 2001-12-30
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Active
DAVIS, Andrew James→
director · ~50y · appointed 2001-12-30
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Active
DAVIS, Clare Louise→
director · ~48y · appointed 2013-10-01
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Active
DAVIS, Andrew James→
secretary · appointed 2000-03-01 · resigned 2001-12-30
Resigned
DAVIS, Maureen Jane→
secretary · appointed 1998-03-12 · resigned 2000-01-30
Resigned
RM REGISTRARS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-03-12 · resigned 1998-03-12
Resigned
DAVIS, Anthony Herschel Piercy→
director · ~86y · appointed 1998-03-12 · resigned 2001-12-30
Resigned
RM NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-03-12 · resigned 1998-03-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (78 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2026-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-12-14