ANTON'S LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04474362 · ltd · incorporated 2002-07-01
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 45200
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 78). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
6 officers (4 active, 6 linked, 3 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
65 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Jul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Average employees400400

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
3
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 officers
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-06-18
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  2. 2026-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2025-04-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2024-04-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-23
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  6. 2023-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-04-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-04-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2020-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-04-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2018-06-27
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  12. 2018-06-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-06-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  14. 2018-06-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-04-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-14
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  17. 2002-07-01
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTON'S LIMITED
  18. 2002-07-01
    ➕
    POU MARFANY, Manuel appointed
    secretary
  19. 2002-07-01
    ➕
    POE, Manuel Simon appointed
    director
  20. 2002-07-01
    ➕
    POU MARFANY, Keiko appointed
    director
  21. 2002-07-01
    ➕
    POU MARFANY, Manuel appointed
    director
  22. 2002-07-01
    ➕
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2002-07-01
    ➖
    SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  24. 2002-07-01
    ➕
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  25. 2002-07-01
    ➖
    INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

83/100
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
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

90/100
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 78 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 24 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Manuel Pou-Marfany
Individual · Spanish · DOB 01/1948 · age 78
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting20/06/2017

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
Incorporated2002-07-01
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC45200 — SIC 45200

Registered office

61 London Road, Blackwater
Camberley
Surrey
GU17 0AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-07-02
Last: 2026-06-18

Officers (4 active · 2 resigned)

POU MARFANY, Manuel→
secretary · appointed 2002-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POE, Manuel Simon→
director · ~48y · appointed 2002-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POU MARFANY, Keiko→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
POU MARFANY, Manuel→
director · ~78y · appointed 2002-07-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-07-01 · resigned 2002-07-01
Resigned
INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-07-01 · resigned 2002-07-01
Resigned

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Recent filings (65 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-06-19
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2026-06-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-06-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-04-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-06-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-25
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-04-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-04-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-07-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-04-01
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-06-25