ANSA SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
04787190 · ltd · incorporated 2003-06-04
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 Feb 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other food services
Sector: Accommodation & food service
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 71-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 71). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (2 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
71 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
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees100100

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 (25 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-04
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-03-01
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  5. 2023-03-01
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    capital-name-of-class-of-shares
    capital · SH08
  6. 2022-11-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  7. 2022-06-09
    ➖
    STOKES, Gaynor resigned
    secretary
  8. 2022-06-09
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2022-06-09
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  10. 2021-11-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2021-07-22
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    second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
    confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
  12. 2021-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2021-06-08
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    change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH03
  14. 2021-06-08
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2020-10-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-10-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2018-10-19
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  18. 2007-02-27
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    STOKES, Andrew appointed
    director
  19. 2007-02-27
    ➕
    STOKES, Gaynor appointed
    director
  20. 2007-02-27
    ➖
    BARRETT, Carmen Christine resigned
    secretary
  21. 2007-02-27
    ➕
    STOKES, Gaynor appointed
    secretary
  22. 2007-02-27
    ➖
    BARRETT, Mark Andrew resigned
    director
  23. 2003-06-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ANSA SOLUTIONS LTD
  24. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    BARRETT, Carmen Christine appointed
    secretary
  25. 2003-06-04
    ➕
    BARRETT, Mark Andrew appointed
    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 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 71 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
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 71 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • 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 · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Andrew Stokes
Individual · British · DOB 11/1955 · age 71
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control01/05/2017

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
Incorporated2003-06-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC56290 — Other food services

Registered office

1 Market Hill
Calne
Wiltshire
SN11 0BT

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-10
Last: 2026-02-24

Officers (2 active · 3 resigned)

STOKES, Andrew→
director · ~71y · appointed 2007-02-27
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Active
STOKES, Gaynor→
director · ~58y · appointed 2007-02-27
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
BARRETT, Carmen Christine→
secretary · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2007-02-27
Resigned
STOKES, Gaynor→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-27 · resigned 2022-06-09
Resigned
BARRETT, Mark Andrew→
director · ~69y · appointed 2003-06-04 · resigned 2007-02-27
Resigned

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Recent filings (71 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-03-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-11-11
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-02-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-02-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-11-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-03-01
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2023-03-01
capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2023-03-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-09
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-06-09
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2022-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-11-19
second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-date
confirmation-statement · RP04CS01
2021-07-22