ANAGAS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04527090 · ltd · incorporated 2002-09-05

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 33140

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 77-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 77). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (54/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

52 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand

2025-12-27
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2024-12-11
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2024-03-07
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2023-04-26
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2022-03-14
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2021-02-16
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2020-03-03
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2019-04-04
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2018-07-05
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2018-03-19
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2017-03-27
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2016-04-20
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2015-09-24
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2014-09-11
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2002-09-05
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Company incorporated
As ANAGAS LIMITED
2002-09-05
➕
JONES, Terry appointed
secretary
2002-09-05
➕
JONES, Christine Ann appointed
director
2002-09-05
➕
JONES, Terry appointed
director
2002-09-05
➕
BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-09-05
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BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

91/100

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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 77 — 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 77 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 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

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Terence Jones Individual · British · DOB 10/1949 · age 77	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/09/2016
Mrs Christine Ann Jones Individual · British · DOB 04/1957 · age 69	25–50%	—	25-50% shares	01/09/2016

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

Incorporated2002-09-05

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC33140 — SIC 33140

Registered office

Tudor Lodge Shrewsbury Road

Pontesbury

Shrewsbury

SY5 0QD

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-06-30

Last made up to: 2025-09-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-19

Last: 2025-09-05

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

JONES, Terry→

secretary · appointed 2002-09-05

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JONES, Christine Ann→

director · ~69y · appointed 2002-09-05

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JONES, Terry→

director · ~77y · appointed 2002-09-05

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Active

BRISTOL LEGAL SERVICES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-09-05 · resigned 2002-09-05

Resigned

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