ANDERSON APPAREL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
03562001 · ltd · incorporated 1998-05-12
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
£-47.2k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 14132
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -100% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
72 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
80/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £47,191
Very low cash
Cash position: £4
Cash draining
Cash down 100% YoY
Cash YoY
-100%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£4
↓ 100% YoY
Net Worth
-£47k
↑ 13% YoY
Current Assets
£5k
↓ 50% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£54k-£41k-£28k-£16k-£3k£10kFeb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Total assets£-46.0k£-50.6k
Current assets£5.1k£10.2k
Cash£4£4.6k
Debtors£2.1k£2.6k
Net assets£-47.2k£-54.2k

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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-17
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  2. 2024-04-16
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  3. 2023-11-30
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  4. 2022-11-30
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  5. 2021-11-26
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  6. 2020-11-20
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  7. 2019-11-28
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  8. 2019-02-08
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    address · AD01
  9. 2018-11-15
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  10. 2017-11-28
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  11. 2016-11-17
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  12. 2016-06-03
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  13. 2015-08-18
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  14. 2015-06-10
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  15. 2014-11-25
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  16. 2014-06-02
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  17. 2005-07-08
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    ANDERSON, Christine appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-07-08
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    MILES, Carol Ann resigned
    secretary
  19. 1999-05-18
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    MILES, Sean Blane appointed
    director
  20. 1998-05-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSON APPAREL LIMITED
  21. 1998-05-12
    ➕
    ANDERSON, Christine appointed
    director
  22. 1998-05-12
    ➕
    MILES, Carol Ann appointed
    secretary
  23. 1998-05-12
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 1998-05-12
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    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 1998-05-12
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 1998-05-12
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    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANDERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 28 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — 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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

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
Ms Christine Anderson
Individual · Scottish · DOB 01/1967 · age 59
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated1998-05-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC14132 — SIC 14132

Registered office

Aberllefenni House
23/25 Penrallt Street
Machynlleth
Powys
SY20 8AG
Wales

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-07
Last: 2025-05-24

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

ANDERSON, Christine→
secretary · appointed 2005-07-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANDERSON, Christine→
director · ~59y · appointed 1998-05-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILES, Sean Blane→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
MILES, Carol Ann→
secretary · appointed 1998-05-12 · resigned 2005-07-08
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1998-05-12 · resigned 1998-05-12
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1998-05-12 · resigned 1998-05-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (72 total)

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2025-10-17
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2025-07-09
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-05
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accounts · AA
2024-04-16
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accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-03
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accounts · AA
2022-11-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-26
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-11-20
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-07-12
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address · AD01
2019-02-08