ANSWER FINANCIAL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04690064 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-07

Investment thesis

Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.

Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.

Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 99999

Sector: Extraterritorial bodies

Investor take

Pursue

Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (3 active, 5 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

58 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

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

—

Net Worth

—

Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	2	200

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2025-10-24
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2024-12-16
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2023-06-19
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2022-09-20
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2021-07-14
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2020-08-20
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2019-11-12
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2018-12-20
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2017-12-19
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2016-12-23
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accounts · AA
2016-03-29
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2015-12-23
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2015-03-16
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2014-12-19
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2014-03-31
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2003-03-18
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BRICE, Alan Richard appointed
secretary
2003-03-18
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BRICE, Alan Richard appointed
director
2003-03-18
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BRICE, Stella Jane appointed
director
2003-03-10
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
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2003-03-10
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2003-03-07
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Company incorporated
As ANSWER FINANCIAL LIMITED
2003-03-07
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HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
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2003-03-07
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HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
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Owner dependency

84/100

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100

Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS

secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 23 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
Alan Richard Brice Individual · British · DOB 07/1970 · age 56	50–75%	50–75%	board control50-75% shares · 50-75% voting · board control	06/04/2016
Stella Jane Brice Individual · British · DOB 08/1968 · age 58	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2003-03-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Harrisons Chartered Accountants

4 Brackley Close

B I A Christchurch

BH23 6SE

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-30

Last: 2026-03-16

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

BRICE, Alan Richard→

secretary · appointed 2003-03-18

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BRICE, Alan Richard→

director · ~56y · appointed 2003-03-18

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Active

BRICE, Stella Jane→

director · ~58y · appointed 2003-03-18

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Active

HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-10

Resigned

HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-07 · resigned 2003-03-10

Resigned

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