ANTHONY FALCONRY LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04299685 · ltd · incorporated 2001-10-05
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
—
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£94.6k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 01490
Sector: Agriculture, forestry & fishing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 86-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 86). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
71 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 · FRS 102
Positive net assets
Net assets £94,613

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£143k
Net Worth
£95k
Current Assets
£156k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£103.7k
Current assets£156.4k
Cash£142.9k
Debtors£2.3k
Net assets£94.6k

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 2 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-01-15
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    accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AAMD
  2. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-10-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  4. 2025-10-13
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  5. 2024-10-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2024-04-16
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  7. 2024-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2024-04-16
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  9. 2024-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2024-04-16
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  11. 2024-04-16
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2023-08-03
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2022-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2021-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2020-12-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-09-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2001-10-05
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTHONY FALCONRY LIMITED
  19. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    ANTHONY, Terence Edwin Claude appointed
    secretary
  20. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    ANTHONY, Seth appointed
    director
  21. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    ANTHONY, Terence Edwin Claude appointed
    director
  22. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    WOLFF, Catherine Mary appointed
    secretary
  23. 2001-10-05
    ➖
    WOLFF, Catherine Mary resigned
    secretary
  24. 2001-10-05
    ➕
    GORDON FCCA, David appointed
    director
  25. 2001-10-05
    ➖
    GORDON FCCA, David resigned
    director

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
  • +Two-director setup: Only two active directors — typical of owner-managed SMEs but limits succession.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANTHONY" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 25 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 86 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100
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 86 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Terrence Anthony
Individual · British · DOB 06/1940 · age 86
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/10/2016
Mr Seth Anthony
Individual · British · DOB 05/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting05/10/2016

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
Incorporated2001-10-05
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC01490 — SIC 01490

Registered office

2nd Floor Butler House
177-178 Tottenham Court Road
London
W1T 7AF
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-07
Last: 2025-09-23

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ANTHONY, Terence Edwin Claude→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANTHONY, Seth→
director · ~60y · appointed 2001-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANTHONY, Terence Edwin Claude→
director · ~86y · appointed 2001-10-05
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
WOLFF, Catherine Mary→
secretary · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2001-10-05
Resigned
GORDON FCCA, David→
director · ~84y · appointed 2001-10-05 · resigned 2001-10-05
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2026-01-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-13
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-13
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-04
change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-16
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2024-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-16
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-16
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-04-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-08-03