ANETEC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04140518 · ltd · incorporated 2001-01-12
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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year to Jan 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other manufacturing n.e.c.
Sector: Manufacturing
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. 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
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
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
83 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jan 2024Jan 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-01-312024-01-31
Average employees600500

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (31 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-05-15
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  3. 2024-04-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  4. 2024-04-08
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    GRAY, Sarah Anne appointed
    director
  5. 2024-02-27
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  6. 2024-02-27
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  7. 2024-02-22
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  8. 2024-02-22
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  9. 2024-02-22
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  10. 2023-08-30
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  11. 2023-08-29
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  12. 2023-07-04
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  13. 2023-06-07
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  14. 2023-05-17
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    MANDLE, Raymond resigned
    director
  15. 2022-10-06
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  16. 2022-10-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2022-10-06
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  18. 2022-10-06
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    address · AD01
  19. 2022-06-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  20. 2021-08-23
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  21. 2021-05-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  22. 2010-04-09
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    TIMBRELL, Andrew John resigned
    director
  23. 2008-02-01
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    MANDLE, Raymond appointed
    director
  24. 2001-01-12
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    Company incorporated
    As ANETEC LIMITED
  25. 2001-01-12
    ➕
    GRAY, Neil Richard appointed
    secretary
  26. 2001-01-12
    ➕
    GRAY, Neil Richard appointed
    director
  27. 2001-01-12
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  28. 2001-01-12
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    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  29. 2001-01-12
    ➕
    TIMBRELL, Andrew John appointed
    director
  30. 2001-01-12
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  31. 2001-01-12
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES 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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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 Neil Richard Gray
Individual · British · DOB 09/1962 · age 64
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control06/04/2016
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Raymond Mandleceased 27/07/2023· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting

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
Incorporated2001-01-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC32990 — Other manufacturing n.e.c.

Registered office

St David's Court
Union Street
Wolverhampton
West Midlands
WV1 3JE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-10-31
Last made up to: 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-27
Last: 2026-01-13

Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)

GRAY, Neil Richard→
secretary · appointed 2001-01-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GRAY, Neil Richard→
director · ~64y · appointed 2001-01-12
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Active
GRAY, Sarah Anne→
director · ~63y · appointed 2024-04-08
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-01-12 · resigned 2001-01-12
Resigned
MANDLE, Raymond→
director · ~66y · appointed 2008-02-01 · resigned 2023-05-17
Resigned
TIMBRELL, Andrew John→
director · ~58y · appointed 2001-01-12 · resigned 2010-04-09
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-01-12 · resigned 2001-01-12
Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-14
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-04-16
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-02-27
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2024-02-27
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-02-22
capital-variation-of-rights-attached-to-shares
capital · SH10
2024-02-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-02-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-10
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-08-30
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2023-08-29
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-07-04