ANCHOR MOTORS LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04586360 · ltd · incorporated 2002-11-11

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jan 2026

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45112

Sector: Wholesale & retail

ALSO REGISTERED FOR

45200SIC 45200
45320Retail trade of motor vehicle parts and accessories
45400SIC 45400

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (68/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile

address, 4 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

83 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.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2026-01-31
Average employees	1

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution
• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filings

• 2 accounts
• 1 gazette
• 1 dissolution

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand

2026-06-09
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gazette-notice-voluntary
gazette · GAZ1(A)
2026-05-28
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dissolution-application-strike-off-company
dissolution · DS01
2026-04-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-02-13
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change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2025-10-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-29
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2025-08-29
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-06
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-08-06
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2024-08-06
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termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2024-08-01
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PAMMENT, Louise resigned
secretary
2024-07-11
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-01-26
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-01-26
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2024-01-08
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2023-09-06
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-10-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-10-07
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-10-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2002-11-11
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Company incorporated
As ANCHOR MOTORS LIMITED
2002-11-11
➕
PAMMENT, Philip appointed
director
2002-11-11
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PAMMENT, Louise appointed
secretary
2002-11-11
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BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-11
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BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2002-11-11
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BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2002-11-11
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BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 24 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS

primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Phillip Pamment Individual · British · DOB 06/1962 · age 64	75–100%	75–100%	75-100% shares · 75-100% voting	04/11/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

Similar companies

Active · Automotive · CO postcode area

Company	Est. value	Turnover	Net worth	Staff	Age	Opp	Director
2 WHEELS LIMITED→ 04650552 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	23y	—	—
A & T VEHICLE SERVICING (UK) LTD→ 05882657 · est 2006 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	19y	—	—
A C MOTORS (COLCHESTER) LIMITED→ 07716977 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
A T AUTOS (ESSEX) LIMITED→ 11576617 · est 2018 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ABBEY MOTORS COLCHESTER LTD→ 07650077 · est 2011 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	14y	—	—
ABS PRODUCTS LIMITED→ 15196636 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ADK AUTOMOTIVE LIMITED→ 15216502 · est 2023 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ALL YEAR BIKER (SUDBURY) LTD→ 11762112 · est 2019 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	7y	—	—
ALPHA MOT CENTRE LIMITED→ 15457589 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—
ANDREW PEARSON ENGINEERING LIMITED→ 05549916 · est 2005 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	20y	—	—
ANGLIA PEOPLECARRIERS LTD→ 04819788 · est 2003 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	22y	—	—
ANGLIA VEHICLE SOLUTIONS LTD→ 15410361 · est 2024 · no financials extracted	—	—	—	—	2y	—	—

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeltd

Incorporated2002-11-11

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45112 — SIC 45112

Registered office

11 De Grey Square

De Grey Road

Colchester

Essex

CO4 5YQ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-10-31

Last made up to: 2026-01-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-09-08

Last: 2025-08-25

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

PAMMENT, Philip→

director · ~64y · appointed 2002-11-11

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Active

PAMMENT, Louise→

secretary · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2024-08-01

Resigned

BTC (SECRETARIES) LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2002-11-11

Resigned

BTC (DIRECTORS) LTD→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2002-11-11 · resigned 2002-11-11

Resigned

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Recent filings (83 total)

gazette-notice-voluntary

gazette · GAZ1(A)

2026-06-09

dissolution-application-strike-off-company

dissolution · DS01

2026-05-28

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2026-04-24

change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened

accounts · AA01

2026-02-13

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2025-10-08

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2025-08-29

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2025-08-29

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2025-08-26

confirmation-statement-with-updates

confirmation-statement · CS01

2024-08-27

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-08-06

change-to-a-person-with-significant-control

persons-with-significant-control · PSC04

2024-08-06

termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date

officers · TM02

2024-08-06

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity

accounts · AA

2024-07-11

change-person-director-company-with-change-date

officers · CH01

2024-01-26

change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date

officers · CH03

2024-01-26