ANCHEM LABORATORIES LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04768038 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-18
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
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year to Feb 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Technical testing and analysis
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
PursueActive trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.
Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).
Data confidence
Overall: medium (77/100)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
7 officers (4 active, 7 linked, 5 with DOB)
84
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 5 total, 5 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
74 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
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Current Assets
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Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102| Metric | 2025-02-28 | 2024-02-28 |
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| Average employees | 0 | 1600 |
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.
See pricing →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 (29 events)Click to expand
- 2025-07-18📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-08-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-05-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-04-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-04-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-04-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-04-25📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2024-03-22📄capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-datecapital · SH03
- 2024-03-09📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2023-10-17📄capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-datecapital · SH03
- 2023-07-12📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-03-04📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2022-02-28➖EVANS, Jonathan Prosser resigneddirector
- 2021-05-28📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-03📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-28📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-01-28📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2020-01-28📄capital-name-of-class-of-sharescapital · SH08
- 2004-06-01➕EVANS, Jonathan Prosser appointeddirector
- 2003-11-01➕WILLIAMS, Huw David appointeddirector
- 2003-05-18🏢Company incorporatedAs ANCHEM LABORATORIES LIMITED
- 2003-05-18➕PETTICAN, Anthony appointedsecretary
- 2003-05-18➕COTTLE, Geoffrey Denis appointeddirector
- 2003-05-18➕PETTICAN, Anthony appointeddirector
- 2003-05-18➕GRAEME, Dorothy May appointednominee-secretary
- 2003-05-18➖GRAEME, Dorothy May resignednominee-secretary
- 2003-05-18➕GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointednominee-director
- 2003-05-18➖GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resignednominee-director
Owner dependency
75/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
FACTORS
- +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
90/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 87 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
cleanNo 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| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
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Mr Anthony Pettican Individual · British · DOB 11/1960 · age 66 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 19/05/2016 |
4 historic (ceased) PSCs
- Mrs Non Eiry Petticanceased 01/08/2018· significant influence
- Mr Geoffrey Denis Cottleceased 19/05/2016· significant influence
- Mr Jonathan Prosser Evansceased 19/05/2016· significant influence
- Mr Huw David Williamsceased 19/05/2016· significant influence
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Peers ranked by estimated value, then turnover, then opportunity score.See all →
🔒Tailored diligence questions
7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →🔒Advanced scoring suite
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-05-18
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC71200 — Technical testing and analysis
Registered office
Unit 5a Darcy Business Park
Llandarcy
Neath
Port Talbort
SA10 6EJ
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-11
Last: 2026-04-27
Officers (4 active · 3 resigned)
Active
COTTLE, Geoffrey Denis→
Activedirector · ~87y · appointed 2003-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
PETTICAN, Anthony→
Activedirector · ~66y · appointed 2003-05-18
View their other companies + combined net worth →
WILLIAMS, Huw David→
Activedirector · ~56y · appointed 2003-11-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GRAEME, Dorothy May→
Resignednominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-18 · resigned 2003-05-18
EVANS, Jonathan Prosser→
Resigneddirector · ~65y · appointed 2004-06-01 · resigned 2022-02-28
GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→
Resignednominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-05-18 · resigned 2003-05-18
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Recent filings (74 total)
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-08-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2024-05-16
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-25
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-04-25
capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
capital · SH03
2024-03-22
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2024-03-09
capital-return-purchase-own-shares-treasury-capital-date
capital · SH03
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-07-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-06-07