ANDREW CURRAN LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

04858963 · ltd · incorporated 2003-08-07

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

—

year to Aug 2025

Net worth

£520.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 45310

Sector: Wholesale & retail

Investor take

Pursue

Asset-holding vehicle with a 90-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 90). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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 (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

65 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 £519,983

Cash YoY

+150%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£491k

↑ 150% YoY

Net Worth

£520k

↑ 63% YoY

Current Assets

£773k

↑ 51% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-08-31	2024-08-31
Total assets	£538.7k	£332.1k
Current assets	£772.6k	£511.0k
Cash	£491.3k	£196.4k
Debtors	£109.1k	£147.1k
Net assets	£520.0k	£318.5k

Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.

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1 signal detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2026-05-22
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accounts · AA
2025-04-07
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accounts · AA
2024-03-21
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accounts · AA
2023-02-02
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accounts · AA
2022-02-18
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accounts · AA
2020-12-10
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accounts · AA
2020-02-17
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accounts · AA
2020-02-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2020-02-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2020-02-11
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2019-08-28
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capital · SH10
2019-08-28
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capital · SH08
2019-08-28
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resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-08-28
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2019-02-01
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-09-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2018-09-19
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2003-08-07
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Company incorporated
As ANDREW CURRAN LIMITED
2003-08-07
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CURRAN, Edmund Andrew appointed
secretary
2003-08-07
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CURRAN, Edmund Andrew appointed
director
2003-08-07
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CURRAN, John appointed
director
2003-08-07
➕
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-07
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TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2003-08-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2003-08-07
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COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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.
+Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "CURRAN" — strong identity link between founder and business.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 90 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

96/100

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 90 years old. Natural succession window is now.
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.
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.)

Group structure

Ac Holdings (Fylde) Limited is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Ac Holdings (Fylde) Limited

Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control

ultimate parent

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ANDREW CURRAN LIMITED

This company · 04858963

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Ac Holdings (Fylde) Limited Corporate entity	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	04/10/2019

2 historic (ceased) PSCs

Mr John Curranceased 04/10/2019· 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting
Mr Edmund Andrew Curranceased 04/10/2019· 50-75% shares · 50-75% voting

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

Incorporated2003-08-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC45310 — SIC 45310

Registered office

Avroe House Avroe Crescent

Blackpool Business Park

Blackpool

Lancashire

FY4 2DP

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-05-31

Last made up to: 2025-08-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2026-08-21

Last: 2025-08-07

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

CURRAN, Edmund Andrew→

secretary · appointed 2003-08-07

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Active

CURRAN, Edmund Andrew→

director · ~90y · appointed 2003-08-07

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Active

CURRAN, John→

director · ~50y · appointed 2003-08-07

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Active

TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-07 · resigned 2003-08-07

Resigned

COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2003-08-07 · resigned 2003-08-07

Resigned

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