ANGLO INVESTMENTS IPS LIMITED

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04163123 · ltd · incorporated 2001-02-19
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
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Turnover
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year to May 2025
Net worth
£811.3k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 21.4y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 21.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
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
64 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £811,275

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£811k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£910k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£182k£364k£546k£728k£910kMay 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-05-312024-05-31
Total assets£811.3k£803.4k
Current assets£910.0k£907.1k
Net assets£811.3k£803.4k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-05
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  2. 2025-01-25
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  3. 2024-01-23
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  4. 2023-02-03
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  5. 2022-01-28
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  6. 2021-01-29
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  7. 2020-01-28
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  8. 2019-02-07
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  9. 2018-01-29
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  10. 2017-01-31
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  11. 2016-02-20
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  12. 2016-02-20
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  13. 2016-02-20
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  14. 2016-02-20
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    Charge satisfied #1
  15. 2016-02-02
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  17. 2005-02-11
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Gerald Felix Allen
  18. 2001-02-19
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLO INVESTMENTS IPS LIMITED
  19. 2001-02-19
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    EVERITT, Sarah Tamsin appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-02-19
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    ALLEN, Roy Christopher Felix appointed
    director
  21. 2001-02-19
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
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  22. 2001-02-19
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  23. 2001-02-19
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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  24. 2001-02-19
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

100/100
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 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

100/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 25 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 25 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
Roy Allen
Individual · British · DOB 12/1948 · age 78
—75–100%board control75-100% 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
Incorporated2001-02-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

19 Highbury Way
Great Cornard
Sudbury
Suffolk
CO10 0HE

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-16
Last: 2026-02-02

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

EVERITT, Sarah Tamsin→
secretary · appointed 2001-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ALLEN, Roy Christopher Felix→
director · ~78y · appointed 2001-02-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-02-19 · resigned 2001-02-19
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-02-19 · resigned 2001-02-19
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Gerald Felix Allen
Legal charge2 properties11/02/200520/02/2016

Recent filings (64 total)

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2026-01-05
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2025-02-20
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2025-01-25
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2024-03-04
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2024-01-23
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2023-02-20
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2023-02-03
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2022-02-19
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accounts · AA
2022-01-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-02-22
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2021-01-29
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2020-02-21
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2020-01-28
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-02-20