ANYWHERE LIMITED

💤Zombieactive
04176396 · ltd · incorporated 2001-03-09
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£11.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 61-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 61). 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
10 officers (2 active, 10 linked, 3 with DOB)
76
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
87 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 £10,996

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£11k
~ YoY
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
—
£0£2k£4k£7k£9k£11kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£0£42
Current assets—£42
Net assets£11.0k£11.0k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-03-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2021-12-31
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-03-26
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    appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP03
  7. 2021-02-28
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    SIMMONS, Toby appointed
    secretary
  8. 2021-02-19
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-02-03
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-02-02
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-01-30
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    HODGKINSON, Anna resigned
    secretary
  12. 2021-01-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-12-08
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2017-12-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2016-09-15
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  17. 2016-09-15
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    elect-to-keep-the-directors-residential-address-register-information-on-the-public-register
    officers · EH02
  18. 2016-02-21
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    HODGKINSON, Anna appointed
    secretary
  19. 2016-02-21
    ➖
    SIMMONS, Toby Daniel Ainslie resigned
    secretary
  20. 2009-02-01
    ➖
    SIMMONS, Alexander resigned
    secretary
  21. 2009-02-01
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Toby Daniel Ainslie appointed
    secretary
  22. 2009-02-01
    ➖
    SIMMONS, Toby Daniel Ainslie resigned
    director
  23. 2008-10-14
    ➖
    HODGKINSON, Anna Jane resigned
    director
  24. 2006-04-06
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Alexander appointed
    director
  25. 2006-04-06
    ➕
    HODGKINSON, Anna Jane appointed
    director
  26. 2002-02-28
    ➖
    BROADHEAD, Anna Naomi resigned
    secretary
  27. 2002-02-28
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Alexander appointed
    secretary
  28. 2001-03-09
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    Company incorporated
    As ANYWHERE LIMITED
  29. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    BROADHEAD, Anna Naomi appointed
    secretary
  30. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  31. 2001-03-09
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    SIMMONS, Toby Daniel Ainslie appointed
    director
  33. 2001-03-09
    ➕
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  34. 2001-03-09
    ➖
    PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED resigned
    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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 61 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 61. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 20 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
Mr Alexander Simmons
Individual · British · DOB 11/1965 · age 61
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% 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
Incorporated2001-03-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

2 Monmouth Close
Woolston
Warrington
WA1 4DU
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-23
Last: 2026-03-09

Officers (2 active · 8 resigned)

SIMMONS, Toby→
secretary · appointed 2021-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SIMMONS, Alexander→
director · ~61y · appointed 2006-04-06
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Active
BROADHEAD, Anna Naomi→
secretary · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2002-02-28
Resigned
HODGKINSON, Anna→
secretary · appointed 2016-02-21 · resigned 2021-01-30
Resigned
SIMMONS, Alexander→
secretary · appointed 2002-02-28 · resigned 2009-02-01
Resigned
SIMMONS, Toby Daniel Ainslie→
secretary · appointed 2009-02-01 · resigned 2016-02-21
Resigned
PARAMOUNT COMPANY SEARCHES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2001-03-09
Resigned
HODGKINSON, Anna Jane→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-04-06 · resigned 2008-10-14
Resigned
SIMMONS, Toby Daniel Ainslie→
director · ~57y · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2009-02-01
Resigned
PARAMOUNT PROPERTIES (UK) LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-03-09 · resigned 2001-03-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (87 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-26
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2021-03-26
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-02-19
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2021-02-03
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-02-02