ANSA CARE CONCEPT LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
04846922 · ltd · incorporated 2003-07-28
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 22.5y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Apr 2025
Net worth
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book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Sector: Human health & social work
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 80/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 58). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 2 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (73/100).
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Refinance opportunity
2 live charges · oldest 22.5y
65/100
clean up first
Refinance viable after a tidy-up — address the highlighted items first.
- · Oldest live charge is 22.5 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: 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
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
7 officers (3 active, 7 linked, 4 with DOB)
81
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
77 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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
77
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
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 | 2025-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|
| Average employees | 2400 | 2000 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
1 signal 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
0
filings
Last 180 days
6
filings
- • 3 officers
- • 2 persons-with-significant-control
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (32 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-15📄cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC07
- 2026-01-30➕BEDFORD, Jonathan Peter appointedsecretary
- 2026-01-30📄termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM02
- 2026-01-30📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2026-01-30📄appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP03
- 2026-01-30📄termination-director-company-with-name-termination-dateofficers · TM01
- 2026-01-05📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2025-11-11➖BEDFORD, Ann resignedsecretary
- 2025-11-11➖BEDFORD, Ann resigneddirector
- 2025-10-15📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2024-12-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-09-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-01-11📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-12-10📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2021-11-25📄gazette-filings-brought-up-to-dategazette · DISS40
- 2021-11-02📄gazette-notice-compulsorygazette · GAZ1
- 2021-01-04📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-08-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-12📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-08-12📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-07-31➕BEDFORD, Jonathan Peter appointeddirector
- 2004-01-16🔒Charge registered #2Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2004-01-14🔒Charge registered #1Lender: Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
- 2003-07-28🏢Company incorporatedAs ANSA CARE CONCEPT LIMITED
- 2003-07-28➕HERRIDGE, Sarah Louise appointeddirector
- 2003-07-28➕BEDFORD, Ann appointedsecretary
- 2003-07-28➕NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-28➖NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-07-28➕AVIS, Christine Susan appointednominee-director
- 2003-07-28➖AVIS, Christine Susan resignednominee-director
- 2003-07-28➕BEDFORD, Ann appointeddirector
Owner dependency
76/100
High — earn-out structure requiredMaterial founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.
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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 58 — approaching natural succession window.
Succession & seller-readiness
66/100
Strong succession signalMultiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.
SIGNALS
- secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 58. Early succession window.
- secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
- 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
1 med ·2 director resignations in last 12 months
mediumMultiple recent departures can indicate governance disagreement, succession event, or preparation for sale/stress.
Evidence: BEDFORD, Ann resigned 2025-11-11; BEDFORD, Ann resigned 2025-11-11
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Jonathan Peter Bedford Individual · British · DOB 03/1980 · age 46 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 30/01/2026 |
Miss Sarah Louise Herridge Individual · British · DOB 10/1968 · age 58 | 25–50% | — | 25-50% shares | 06/04/2016 |
1 historic (ceased) PSC
- Mrs Ann Bedfordceased 11/11/2025· 25-50% shares
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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Available from the Pro tier upwards.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2003-07-28
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC87300 — Residential care activities for the elderly and disabled
Registered office
Top Lodge Stansty Park
Summerhill Road
Wrexham
LL11 4YW
Wales
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-01-31
Last made up to: 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-03-05
Last: 2026-02-19
Officers (3 active · 4 resigned)
BEDFORD, Jonathan Peter→
Activesecretary · appointed 2026-01-30
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BEDFORD, Jonathan Peter→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2019-07-31
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HERRIDGE, Sarah Louise→
Activedirector · ~58y · appointed 2003-07-28
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BEDFORD, Ann→
Resignedsecretary · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2025-11-11
NORTH WEST REGISTRATION SERVICES (1994) LIMITED→
Resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2003-07-28
AVIS, Christine Susan→
Resignednominee-director · ~62y · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2003-07-28
BEDFORD, Ann→
Resigneddirector · ~80y · appointed 2003-07-28 · resigned 2025-11-11
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Mortgages & charges
2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
| Type | Properties | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Mortgage | 1 property | 16/01/2004 | — | |
| outstanding | Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC | Debenture | 1 property | 14/01/2004 | — |
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Recent filings (77 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-19
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2026-02-15
termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM02
2026-01-30
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2026-01-30
appoint-person-secretary-company-with-name-date
officers · AP03
2026-01-30
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2026-01-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2026-01-05
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2026-01-02
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-15
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2025-10-15
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-01-11