ANTI-CLIMB GUARDS LIMITED
💤Zombieactive
03551771 · ltd · incorporated 1998-04-23
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 Apr 2025
Net worth
£1.92M
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 25990
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 79-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 79). 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
2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 28.1y
30/100
under pressure
Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.
- · Oldest live charge is 28.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
- · 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
75 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 102Positive net assets
Net assets £1,918,777
Net assets shrinking
Down £61,437 YoY
Cash YoY
-10%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£297k
↓ 10% YoY
Net Worth
£1.9m
↓ 3.1% YoY
Current Assets
£474k
↓ 17% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £1.92M | £1.98M |
| Current assets | £473.6k | £570.2k |
| Cash | £296.7k | £330.5k |
| Debtors | £118.9k | £162.0k |
| Net assets | £1.92M | £1.98M |
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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See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
- • 1 confirmation-statement
- • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
- 2026-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-04-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-05-11📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2023-05-10➖MCCOOL, Joanna Louise resigneddirector
- 2023-03-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-03-08📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2022-07-29📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-02-28📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-18➕MCCOOL, Joanna Louise appointeddirector
- 2021-04-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-01-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2017-01-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-smallaccounts · AA
- 2016-04-24📄annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholdersannual-return · AR01
- 2004-05-19🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited
- 2002-08-24🔓Charge satisfied #1
- 2000-05-01➕WAITE, Alison Margaret appointedsecretary
- 1999-05-05➖CRIPPS SECRETARIES LIMITED resignedcorporate-secretary
- 1998-05-15➕WAITE, David Peter appointeddirector
- 1998-05-15➖CHH FORMATIONS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1998-05-15🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Dcd Factors PLC
- 1998-04-23🏢Company incorporatedAs ANTI-CLIMB GUARDS LIMITED
- 1998-04-23➕CRIPPS SECRETARIES LIMITED appointedcorporate-secretary
- 1998-04-23➕CHH FORMATIONS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
100/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 79 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
100/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 79 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 28 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr David Peter Waite Individual · British · DOB 11/1947 · age 79 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 06/04/2017 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Dpw Holdings Limitedceased 20/07/2022· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting
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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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1998-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC25990 — SIC 25990
Registered office
Sentosa
Southview Road
Crowborough
East Sussex
TN6 1HG
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-02
Last: 2026-03-19
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
WAITE, Alison Margaret→
Activesecretary · appointed 2000-05-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WAITE, David Peter→
Activedirector · ~79y · appointed 1998-05-15
View their other companies + combined net worth →
CRIPPS SECRETARIES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-secretary · appointed 1998-04-23 · resigned 1999-05-05
MCCOOL, Joanna Louise→
Resigneddirector · ~51y · appointed 2022-02-18 · resigned 2023-05-10
CHH FORMATIONS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-04-23 · resigned 1998-05-15
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Commercial Finance Limited | All assets debenture | 1 property | 19/05/2004 | — | |
| satisfied | Dcd Factors Dcd Factors PLC | Facility letter | 1 property | 15/05/1998 | 24/08/2002 |
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Recent filings (75 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-25
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-05-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-03-08
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-07-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-02-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-29