ANGLO ENTERPRISES (UK) LTD

💤Zombieactive
03997534 · ltd · incorporated 2000-05-19
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
—
Upgrade to see
Turnover
—
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
🔔
Follow this company (free)
Email alerts on filings, charges, director changes, gazette notices. No account needed.

Unsubscribe any time from any email. GDPR-respectful.

🔒Generate AI memo →🔒Outreach pack →🔒Corporate story →📑 Reports →Sign in to watch
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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
7 officers (1 active, 7 linked, 1 with DOB)
73
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
75 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£38k£75k£113k£150k£188kDec 2024Dec 2025

Hover to see exact values · click legend to toggle series

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets—£174.3k
Current assets—£188.0k
Net assets—£174.3k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-19
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-07
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-22
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-07-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-09-14
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-05-27
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-09-24
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-09-30
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2017-06-21
    📍
    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2016-08-11
    📄
    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-25
    📄
    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  14. 2016-05-25
    📄
    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2015-05-01
    ➖
    NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  16. 2009-11-20
    ➕
    NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  17. 2009-11-17
    ➖
    NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  18. 2006-09-06
    ➕
    NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  19. 2006-08-18
    ➖
    MCCANN, Louise resigned
    secretary
  20. 2005-06-22
    ➕
    MCCANN, Louise appointed
    secretary
  21. 2004-11-25
    ➖
    DANIELS, Paula Anne resigned
    secretary
  22. 2000-05-25
    ➕
    LOVEDALE, Mark Adrian appointed
    director
  23. 2000-05-25
    ➕
    DANIELS, Paula Anne appointed
    secretary
  24. 2000-05-22
    ➖
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2000-05-22
    ➖
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2000-05-19
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANGLO ENTERPRISES (UK) LTD
  27. 2000-05-19
    ➕
    FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2000-05-19
    ➕
    FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100
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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 26 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100
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 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 26 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 26 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
Mr Mark Adrian Lovedale
Individual · British · DOB 01/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/05/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Wholesale & distribution · SK postcode area
CompanyEst. valueTurnoverNet worthStaffAgeOppDirector
ALO MARKETING LIMITED→
16260171 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ALWAYS OFF-SEASON LIMITED→
16557258 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
AMTREX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED→
10599648 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————9y——
APA TECHNOLOGIES UK LIMITED→
10891559 · est 2017 · no financials extracted
————8y——
APPARELWEB LTD→
16750043 · est 2025 · no financials extracted
———————
ARBOUR TIDE LIMITED→
05877935 · est 2006 · no financials extracted
————19y——
ARCHITECTURAL HARDWARE LTD→
13172610 · est 2021 · no financials extracted
————5y——
ARIA FRESCA LIMITED→
15229666 · est 2023 · no financials extracted
————2y——
ARIFSUM LTD→
15653539 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————2y——
ARIGHI BIANCHI (1854) LIMITED→
10441570 · est 2016 · no financials extracted
————9y——
ARISTAN LABORATORIES UK LTD→
15766746 · est 2024 · no financials extracted
————1y——
ARKATROVE LIMITED→
12973682 · est 2020 · no financials extracted
————5y——
Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →
🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

See pricing →

Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2000-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

9 Windermere Drive
Alderley Edge
SK9 7UP
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-03
Last: 2026-03-20

Officers (1 active · 6 resigned)

LOVEDALE, Mark Adrian→
director · ~64y · appointed 2000-05-25
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
DANIELS, Paula Anne→
secretary · appointed 2000-05-25 · resigned 2004-11-25
Resigned
MCCANN, Louise→
secretary · appointed 2005-06-22 · resigned 2006-08-18
Resigned
FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2000-05-19 · resigned 2000-05-22
Resigned
NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2009-11-20 · resigned 2015-05-01
Resigned
NOMINEE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-09-06 · resigned 2009-11-17
Resigned
FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2000-05-19 · resigned 2000-05-22
Resigned

Click a director name to see their full track record across all companies.

Recent filings (75 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-06-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-07-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-09-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-06-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-27