ANIMUS SURGICAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04431637 · ltd · incorporated 2002-05-03
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
hardening · 12-months
Already tight — no obvious softening catalysts on the horizon.
  • · Thesis: well-run, low negotiation leverage
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
£128.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
78/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Non-specialised wholesale trade
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 78/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (68/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -44% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
6 officers (2 active, 6 linked, 4 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
6 connected companies via shared directors
63
Filing history
81 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
78/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
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 £128,678
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,845 YoY
Cash draining
Cash down 44% YoY
Cash YoY
-44%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£58k
↓ 44% YoY
Net Worth
£129k
↓ 2.9% YoY
Current Assets
£280k
↑ 4.3% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£56k£112k£168k£224k£280kApr 2024Apr 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-04-302024-04-30
Total assets£129.0k£144.2k
Current assets£280.3k£268.8k
Cash£58.2k£103.7k
Debtors£125.6k£56.6k
Net assets£128.7k£132.5k

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
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 address
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-08
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  2. 2025-11-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-09-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-01-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  8. 2021-01-20
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2020-10-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  12. 2019-04-12
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  13. 2019-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2019-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2019-04-11
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2019-04-11
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
  17. 2019-04-10
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    BUTCHER, Michelle Isla Ewing appointed
    director
  18. 2018-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  19. 2015-09-07
    ➕
    BUTCHER, Nicholas Norton Lawrence appointed
    director
  20. 2015-09-07
    ➖
    BEDDALL, Carol Anne resigned
    secretary
  21. 2015-09-07
    ➖
    BEDDALL, Carol Anne resigned
    director
  22. 2015-09-07
    ➖
    BEDDALL, Stephen John resigned
    director
  23. 2002-05-03
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANIMUS SURGICAL LIMITED
  24. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    BEDDALL, Carol Anne appointed
    secretary
  25. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2002-05-03
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  27. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    BEDDALL, Carol Anne appointed
    director
  28. 2002-05-03
    ➕
    BEDDALL, Stephen John appointed
    director

Owner dependency

81/100
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 age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

71/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 66. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 24 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.)

Group structure

Norton Medical Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

🏛️
Norton Medical Limited
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares
ultimate parent
⬇
ANIMUS SURGICAL LIMITED
This company · 04431637

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Norton Medical Limited
Corporate entity
75–100%
75–100%75-100% shares · 75-100% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2002-05-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC46900 — Non-specialised wholesale trade

Registered office

11 Marlborough Crescent
Long Hanborough
Witney
OX29 8JP
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-17
Last: 2026-05-03

Officers (2 active · 4 resigned)

BUTCHER, Michelle Isla Ewing→
director · ~55y · appointed 2019-04-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BUTCHER, Nicholas Norton Lawrence→
director · ~66y · appointed 2015-09-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BEDDALL, Carol Anne→
secretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2015-09-07
Resigned
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2002-05-03
Resigned
BEDDALL, Carol Anne→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2015-09-07
Resigned
BEDDALL, Stephen John→
director · ~74y · appointed 2002-05-03 · resigned 2015-09-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (81 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-07
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2025-12-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-10-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-10-14
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-14
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-10-01