ANIMAL KRACKERS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04806901 · private-limited-guarant-nsc · incorporated 2003-06-20

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

—

not disclosed

Net worth

—

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Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 47799

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 84-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 84). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: low (48/100)

Sparse data coverage. Treat AI-generated outputs as preliminary. Manual diligence essential.

Company profile

address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

No iXBRL financials extracted

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

12 officers (8 active, 12 linked, 10 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

65 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

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.

Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 90 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 officers
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (34 events)Click to expand

2026-05-11
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2026-04-29
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MOSSMAN, Allison appointed
director
2026-04-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-30
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-06-27
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-06-03
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-02-18
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MOAN, Natalie Ann appointed
director
2025-02-05
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WILLIAMS, Ian Robert resigned
director
2024-06-22
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change-sail-address-company-with-old-address-new-address
address · AD02
2024-05-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-06-23
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termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2023-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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DOWNS, Anne resigned
director
2022-06-09
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-06-21
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-06-10
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-01-17
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-12-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-17
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2019-12-02
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HALKIER, Heather appointed
director
2019-12-02
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JOHNSON, Sandra appointed
director
2019-03-18
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2019-02-15
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2014-07-08
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HARDY, Susan appointed
director
2014-07-08
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DOWNS, Anne appointed
director
2009-12-21
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FAMBELY, Heather appointed
director
2009-12-21
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SUMNER, Paul William resigned
director
2003-06-20
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Company incorporated
As ANIMAL KRACKERS LIMITED
2003-06-20
➕
HARDY, Susan appointed
secretary
2003-06-20
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PARKIN, Andrea appointed
director
2003-06-20
➕
SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-20
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SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-06-20
➕
SUMNER, Paul William appointed
director
2003-06-20
➕
WILLIAMS, Ian Robert appointed
director

Owner dependency

65/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-7 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 84 — succession pressure is live.

Succession & seller-readiness

80/100

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 84 years old. Natural succession window is now.
primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 23 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
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.)

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Company details

Statusactive

Typeprivate-limited-guarant-nsc

Incorporated2003-06-20

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC47799 — SIC 47799

Registered office

39 Windsor Terrace

Sunderland

SR2 9QF

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-07-03

Last: 2026-06-19