ANGLO DIAMONDS LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04320832 · ltd · incorporated 2001-11-12
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
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
- · Oldest live charge 23.4y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
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Refinance opportunity
1 live charge · oldest 23.4y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 23.4 years old — likely at or near maturity.
- · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
- · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
Data confidence
Overall: medium (76/100)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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
79 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-29 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 300 | 300 |
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.
See pricing →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 (24 events)Click to expand
- 2025-11-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-11-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2021-06-10📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-06-10📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-11-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2019-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-11-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2018-06-13📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2018-06-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2018-06-12📄change-person-secretary-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH03
- 2017-11-29📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2003-03-03🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
- 2001-11-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ANGLO DIAMONDS LIMITED
- 2001-11-12➕DOYLE, Jamie Nigel appointedsecretary
- 2001-11-12➕DOYLE, Jamie Nigel appointeddirector
- 2001-11-12➕RILEY, Mark John appointeddirector
- 2001-11-12➕QA REGISTRARS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-11-12➖QA REGISTRARS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2001-11-12➕QA NOMINEES LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2001-11-12➖QA NOMINEES LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 59 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
76/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 59. Early succession window.
- 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jamie Nigel Doyle Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
Mr Mark John Riley Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2001-11-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade
Registered office
Lifford Hall Lifford Lane
Kings Norton
Birmingham
West Midlands
B30 3JN
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-08
Last: 2026-06-24
Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)
DOYLE, Jamie Nigel→
Activesecretary · appointed 2001-11-12
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DOYLE, Jamie Nigel→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2001-11-12
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RILEY, Mark John→
Activedirector · ~59y · appointed 2001-11-12
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QA REGISTRARS LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2001-11-12
QA NOMINEES LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-director · appointed 2001-11-12 · resigned 2001-11-12
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Mortgages & charges
1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 03/03/2003 | — |
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Recent filings (79 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-11-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-10
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-06-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-07-15