ANNE FORRESTAL LIMITED
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 76). 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 (77/100)Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.
Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.
Key financials
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
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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
- • 1 dissolution
- • 2 dissolution
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 accounts
- • 2 dissolution
- • 1 gazette
- • 1 accounts
Corporate timeline (26 events)Click to expand
- 2026-07-30📄dissolution-withdrawal-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS02
- 2026-06-16📄gazette-notice-voluntarygazette · GAZ1(A)
- 2026-06-06📄dissolution-application-strike-off-companydissolution · DS01
- 2026-05-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-15📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-02-27📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-08-16📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC05
- 2023-08-16📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-05-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-04-06📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2023-04-06📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2023-04-06📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2022-02-22📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-01-12📄second-filing-of-confirmation-statement-with-made-up-dateconfirmation-statement · RP04CS01
- 2022-01-11📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-01-11📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC02
- 2022-01-11📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-05-19📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2020-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2003-08-06🏢Company incorporatedAs ANNE FORRESTAL LIMITED
- 2003-08-06➕THOMAS, Gillian Deborah appointedsecretary
- 2003-08-06➕CANNING, Martin John appointeddirector
- 2003-08-06➕JPCORS LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-08-06➖JPCORS LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-secretary
- 2003-08-06➕JPCORD LIMITED appointedcorporate-nominee-director
- 2003-08-06➖JPCORD LIMITED resignedcorporate-nominee-director
Owner dependency
The business appears inseparable from the founder. Acquisition without a serious earn-out or meaningful transition period would likely destroy value.
- +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.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 76 — succession pressure is live.
Succession & seller-readiness
Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 76 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanGroup structure
Anne Forrestal Holdings Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.
Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Anne Forrestal Holdings Limited Corporate entity | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 20/07/2021 |
Mr Martin John Canning Individual · British · DOB 07/1950 · age 76 | 25–50% | 25–50% | board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control | 06/04/2016 |
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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8 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.
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