ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL

🌳Matureactive
04741708 · private-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption · incorporated 2003-04-23
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.7y old — refinance window within 12 months
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Opportunity
83/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other education n.e.c.
Sector: Education
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 94990Activities of other membership organisations n.e.c.
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 91-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 83/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 91). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.7y

65/100
clean up first

Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.7 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 25/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
13 officers (7 active, 13 linked, 9 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
77 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
83/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Average employees200900

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (37 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-26
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  2. 2024-09-10
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  3. 2023-07-28
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  4. 2022-11-29
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  5. 2021-11-24
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  6. 2021-04-30
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    address · AD01
  7. 2020-12-29
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  8. 2019-10-04
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  9. 2019-02-12
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  10. 2019-02-12
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  11. 2019-02-12
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  15. 2019-02-12
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  16. 2018-09-20
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  17. 2015-06-14
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    COOPER, Diane June resigned
    director
  18. 2013-02-03
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    COOPER, Diane June appointed
    director
  19. 2006-09-29
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Tst Millbank L.L.C.
  20. 2006-07-23
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    SWART, Elizabeth resigned
    director
  21. 2005-06-18
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    MILLER, Ingrid resigned
    director
  22. 2004-10-31
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    BRICE, Amanda Jane appointed
    director
  23. 2003-04-27
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    SWART, Elizabeth appointed
    director
  24. 2003-04-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ANIMAL DEFENDERS INTERNATIONAL
  25. 2003-04-23
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    CREAMER, Janet Eve Ann appointed
    secretary
  26. 2003-04-23
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    BRICE, Nicholas Mark appointed
    director
  27. 2003-04-23
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    CREAMER, Janet Eve Ann appointed
    director
  28. 2003-04-23
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    DIBLEY, Pauline appointed
    director
  29. 2003-04-23
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    PHILLIPS, Timothy James Noble appointed
    director
  30. 2003-04-23
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    WINDEBANK, Mary appointed
    director
  31. 2003-04-23
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    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  32. 2003-04-23
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    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  33. 2003-04-23
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    MILLER, Ingrid appointed
    director
  34. 2003-04-23
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    DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  35. 2003-04-23
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    DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director
  36. 2003-04-23
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    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  37. 2003-04-23
    ➖
    M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 91 — 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 91 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • 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
Ms Jan Creamer
Individual · British · DOB 08/1952 · age 74
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016
Mr Tim Phillips
Individual · British · DOB 06/1961 · age 65
——sig. influencesignificant influence06/04/2016

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

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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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Company details

Statusactive
Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc-limited-exemption
Incorporated2003-04-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85590 — Other education n.e.c.

Registered office

Vox Studios North
1 Durham Street
London
SE11 5JH
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-07
Last: 2026-04-23

Officers (7 active · 6 resigned)

CREAMER, Janet Eve Ann→
secretary · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
BRICE, Amanda Jane→
director · ~63y · appointed 2004-10-31
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Active
BRICE, Nicholas Mark→
director · ~60y · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
CREAMER, Janet Eve Ann→
director · ~74y · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
DIBLEY, Pauline→
director · ~91y · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
PHILLIPS, Timothy James Noble→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
WINDEBANK, Mary→
director · ~76y · appointed 2003-04-23
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Active
M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2003-04-23
Resigned
COOPER, Diane June→
director · ~72y · appointed 2013-02-03 · resigned 2015-06-14
Resigned
MILLER, Ingrid→
director · ~89y · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2005-06-18
Resigned
SWART, Elizabeth→
director · ~75y · appointed 2003-04-27 · resigned 2006-07-23
Resigned
DOUGLAS NOMINEES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2003-04-23
Resigned
M W DOUGLAS & COMPANY LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-04-23 · resigned 2003-04-23
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Tst Millbank L.L.C.
Rent deposit agreement1 property29/09/2006—
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Recent filings (77 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2025-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2024-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2023-07-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2022-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2021-11-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2020-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-small
accounts · AA
2019-10-04