ANCHOR (B'HAM) LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

04777592 · ltd · incorporated 2003-05-27

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 May 2025

Net worth

£316.6k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 32120

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 60). 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 (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 (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

63 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared

Positive net assets

Net assets £316,625

Cash YoY

+6%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£327k

↑ 6.2% YoY

Net Worth

£317k

↑ 2.0% YoY

Current Assets

£345k

↑ 1.5% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-05-31	2024-05-31
Total assets	£316.6k	£310.4k
Current assets	£344.7k	£339.6k
Cash	£326.5k	£307.4k
Debtors	£8.8k	£22.9k
Net assets	£316.6k	£310.4k

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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-16
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accounts · AA
2025-04-11
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accounts · AA
2024-01-08
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accounts · AA
2023-02-24
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accounts · AA
2022-05-23
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accounts · AA
2021-03-15
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accounts · AA
2020-02-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-01-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-02-27
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accounts · AA
2017-06-09
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officers · TM01
2017-02-16
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-09-19
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BROADBENT, John Henry resigned
director
2016-06-13
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annual-return · AR01
2016-01-22
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accounts · AA
2015-07-08
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annual-return · AR01
2003-05-27
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Company incorporated
As ANCHOR (B'HAM) LIMITED
2003-05-27
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BROADBENT, Stephen John appointed
secretary
2003-05-27
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BROADBENT, Stephen John appointed
director
2003-05-27
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GRAEME, Dorothy May appointed
nominee-secretary
2003-05-27
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GRAEME, Dorothy May resigned
nominee-secretary
2003-05-27
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BROADBENT, John Henry appointed
director
2003-05-27
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce appointed
nominee-director
2003-05-27
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GRAEME, Lesley Joyce resigned
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100

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 60. Early succession window.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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

1 active beneficial owner

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Stephen John Broadbent Individual · British · DOB 04/1966 · age 60	50–75%	—	50-75% shares	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

Incorporated2003-05-27

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC32120 — SIC 32120

Registered office

38 Augusta Street

Hockley

Birmingham

B18 6JA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-02-28

Last made up to: 2025-05-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-04

Last: 2026-05-21

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

BROADBENT, Stephen John→

secretary · appointed 2003-05-27

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Active

BROADBENT, Stephen John→

director · ~60y · appointed 2003-05-27

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Active

GRAEME, Dorothy May→

nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2003-05-27

Resigned

BROADBENT, John Henry→

director · ~85y · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2016-09-19

Resigned

GRAEME, Lesley Joyce→

nominee-director · ~73y · appointed 2003-05-27 · resigned 2003-05-27

Resigned

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