ANOTHER COFFEE LTD

🌳Matureactive
03760555 · ltd · incorporated 1999-04-28
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 Sept 2024
Net worth
£19.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet
Sector: Wholesale & retail
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 47990Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
  • 62012Business and domestic software development
  • 62020Information technology consultancy activities
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). 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, 4 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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
68 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
Positive net assets
Net assets £19,779

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£20k
↑ 5.7% YoY
Current Assets
£54k
↓ 4.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£11k£23k£34k£46k£57kSept 2023Sept 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-09-302023-09-30
Total assets£19.8k£18.7k
Current assets£54.4k£57.2k
Net assets£19.8k£18.7k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
2
filings
  • • 1 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 2 gazette
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-24
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    gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
    gazette · DISS40
  2. 2026-06-16
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    gazette-notice-compulsory
    gazette · GAZ1
  3. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-06-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-06-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-15
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2020-01-31
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-01-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2017-01-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-26
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-01-29
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-06-03
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 1999-04-28
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    Company incorporated
    As ANOTHER COFFEE LTD
  17. 1999-04-28
    ➕
    BLANSHARD, Carolyn Joanna appointed
    secretary
  18. 1999-04-28
    ➕
    BLANSHARD, Carolyn Joanna appointed
    director
  19. 1999-04-28
    ➕
    BLANSHARD, Gavin William appointed
    director
  20. 1999-04-28
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 1999-04-28
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 1999-04-28
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 1999-04-28
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

84/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 27 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 27 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 27 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
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-04-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47910 — Retail sale via mail order houses or via Internet

Registered office

Unit 19j Flightway Business Park
Dunkeswell
Honiton
Devon
EX14 4PB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-19
Last: 2026-03-05

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BLANSHARD, Carolyn Joanna→
secretary · appointed 1999-04-28
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Active
BLANSHARD, Carolyn Joanna→
director · ~58y · appointed 1999-04-28
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Active
BLANSHARD, Gavin William→
director · ~63y · appointed 1999-04-28
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Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-04-28
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-04-28 · resigned 1999-04-28
Resigned

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Recent filings (68 total)

gazette-filings-brought-up-to-date
gazette · DISS40
2026-06-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-22
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2026-06-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-25
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-06-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-04-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-11