ANGLO AMERICAN OPTICAL LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
03856477 · ltd · incorporated 1999-10-11
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 Jan 2025
Net worth
£497.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 32500
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 1.3y
50/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Newest facility, 1.3 years old — likely still in initial term.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.
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
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 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
72 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 105 (micro)Positive net assets
Net assets £497,324
Net assets shrinking
Down £45,159 YoY
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
£497k
↓ 8.3% YoY
Current Assets
£501k
↓ 6.1% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)| Metric | 2025-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £500.2k | £545.3k |
| Current assets | £501.4k | £534.0k |
| Net assets | £497.3k | £542.5k |
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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Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filings
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2025-05-30📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-03-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-03-14🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2025-02-14📄mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-datemortgage · MR01
- 2025-02-11🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Barclays Security Trustee Limited
- 2024-07-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-30📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-10-24📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2022-07-13📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-10-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-19📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-10-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-04-26➕JENKIN, Tobias Arthur appointeddirector
- 2019-04-26📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2019-01-16📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2018-10-17📄change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortenedaccounts · AA01
- 2018-03-03📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2017-10-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2016-08-31➖HERNANDEZ, Francisco resignedsecretary
- 2000-01-25➕JENKIN, Anthony appointeddirector
- 2000-01-25➕HERNANDEZ, Francisco appointedsecretary
- 1999-10-12➖FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-10-12➖FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resignedcorporate-nominee-director
- 1999-10-11🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGLO AMERICAN OPTICAL LIMITED
- 1999-10-11➕FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 1999-10-11➕FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
91/100
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
- +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
96/100
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 77 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 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
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 · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Anthony Jenkin Individual · British · DOB 05/1949 · age 77 | 75–100% | — | 75-100% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated1999-10-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32500 — SIC 32500
Registered office
C/O East Herts Accountants Ltd T/A Mtm 2 Falcon Gate
Shire Park
Welwyn Garden City
AL7 1TW
England
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-30
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-25
Last: 2025-10-11
Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)
JENKIN, Anthony→
Activedirector · ~77y · appointed 2000-01-25
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JENKIN, Tobias Arthur→
Activedirector · ~36y · appointed 2019-04-26
View their other companies + combined net worth →
HERNANDEZ, Francisco→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2000-01-25 · resigned 2016-08-31
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 1999-10-11 · resigned 1999-10-12
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 1999-10-11 · resigned 1999-10-12
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | 1 property | 14/03/2025 | — | |
| outstanding | Barclays Barclays Security Trustee Limited | A registered charge | — | 11/02/2025 | — |
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Recent filings (72 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-05-30
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-03-14
mortgage-create-with-deed-with-charge-number-charge-creation-date
mortgage · MR01
2025-02-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-07-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-11-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-19