ANGIODESIGN (UK) LTD

🌳Matureactive
04212911 · ltd · incorporated 2001-05-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Nov 2024
Net worth
£-12.4k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 20590
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)
Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (70/100)

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 (4 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
91 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £12,408
Net assets shrinking
Down £107,772 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£12k
↓ 113% YoY
Current Assets
£720
↓ 32% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£12k£9k£31k£52k£74k£95kNov 2023Nov 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-11-302023-11-30
Total assets£173.1k£183.4k
Current assets£720£1.1k
Net assets£-12.4k£95.4k

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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Recent activity

Last 30 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-01-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-01-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2022-03-02
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  5. 2022-02-04
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    second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
    capital · RP04SH01
  6. 2022-01-28
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    capital-allotment-shares
    capital · SH01
  7. 2022-01-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-20
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-05-17
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  10. 2021-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  11. 2021-02-03
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2020-12-24
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  13. 2020-12-16
    ➖
    EHLERS, Mario Ralf-Werner resigned
    director
  14. 2020-06-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2019-06-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2018-10-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2015-07-01
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    GREGORY, Nicholas John appointed
    director
  18. 2012-03-01
    ➕
    EHLERS, Mario Ralf-Werner appointed
    director
  19. 2012-02-28
    ➕
    STURROCK, Edward David appointed
    director
  20. 2001-05-09
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANGIODESIGN (UK) LTD
  21. 2001-05-09
    ➕
    WATERFIELD, Simon William appointed
    secretary
  22. 2001-05-09
    ➕
    WATERFIELD, Richard Jeremy appointed
    director
  23. 2001-05-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2001-05-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2001-05-09
    ➕
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  26. 2001-05-09
    ➖
    WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

75/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100
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 69. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-05-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC20590 — SIC 20590

Registered office

6 Manor Farm Offices
Corsley
Warminster
BA12 7QE
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-08-31
Last made up to: 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last: 2026-05-17

Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)

WATERFIELD, Simon William→
secretary · appointed 2001-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
GREGORY, Nicholas John→
director · ~68y · appointed 2015-07-01
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Active
STURROCK, Edward David→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-02-28
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERFIELD, Richard Jeremy→
director · ~69y · appointed 2001-05-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2001-05-09
Resigned
EHLERS, Mario Ralf-Werner→
director · ~67y · appointed 2012-03-01 · resigned 2020-12-16
Resigned
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-05-09 · resigned 2001-05-09
Resigned

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Recent filings (91 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-06-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-01-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-18
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2022-03-02
second-filing-capital-allotment-shares
capital · RP04SH01
2022-02-04
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-01-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
change-account-reference-date-company-current-extended
accounts · AA01
2021-05-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-17
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-05-17