ANIMAL CARE CLINIC LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
04711307 · ltd · incorporated 2003-03-25
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
67 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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Mar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-302024-03-30
Average employees200200

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
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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
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filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-11-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-10-14
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  4. 2024-10-04
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  5. 2023-12-18
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-12-02
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-12-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-03-29
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2021-03-29
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  11. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2019-09-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2019-03-04
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    address · AD01
  14. 2018-12-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-03-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-12-18
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  17. 2004-03-26
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    OWEN, Carole Ann appointed
    director
  18. 2003-03-25
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    Company incorporated
    As ANIMAL CARE CLINIC LIMITED
  19. 2003-03-25
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    OWEN, Carole Ann appointed
    secretary
  20. 2003-03-25
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    OWEN, John Herbert appointed
    director
  21. 2003-03-25
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2003-03-25
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2003-03-25
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2003-03-25
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    YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Carole Ann Owen
Individual · British · DOB 03/1949 · age 77
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mr John Herbert Owen
Individual · British · DOB 04/1946 · age 80
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2003-03-25
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

76 Bridgford Road
West Bridgford
Nottingham
NG2 6AX
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-30
Last made up to: 2025-03-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-07-24
Last: 2025-07-10

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

OWEN, Carole Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-03-25
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Active
OWEN, Carole Ann→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-03-26
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Active
OWEN, John Herbert→
director · ~80y · appointed 2003-03-25
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Active
YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-03-25 · resigned 2003-03-25
Resigned
YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-03-25 · resigned 2003-03-25
Resigned

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Recent filings (67 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-12-22
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-18
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-11-13
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2024-10-14
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2024-10-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-12-18
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-12-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-29
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-03-29