ANAXAS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD.

🌳Matureactive
04859260 · 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
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year to Aug 2025
Net worth
£6.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 73-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 73). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
4 officers (3 active, 4 linked, 2 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
53 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £6,526
Net assets shrinking
Down £3,413 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£7k
↓ 34% YoY
Current Assets
£15k
↓ 21% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£4k£8k£11k£15k£19kAug 2024Aug 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-08-312024-08-31
Total assets£6.5k£9.9k
Current assets£15.0k£19.0k
Net assets£6.5k£9.9k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-20
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    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-25
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  3. 2024-04-03
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  4. 2022-11-25
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-01-04
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-24
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2021-03-19
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  8. 2021-03-19
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  9. 2020-05-21
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2019-05-30
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  11. 2018-05-25
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  12. 2017-06-05
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    accounts · AA
  13. 2016-05-26
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-14
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-02-17
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2003-08-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ANAXAS BUSINESS SERVICES LTD.
  17. 2003-08-07
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    COPLEY, Richard John appointed
    secretary
  18. 2003-08-07
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    COPLEY, Bronwen Philippa appointed
    director
  19. 2003-08-07
    ➕
    COPLEY, Richard John appointed
    director
  20. 2003-08-07
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    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2003-08-07
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    CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

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 23 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 73 — 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 73 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mrs Bronwen Philippa Copley
Individual · British · DOB 05/1961 · age 65
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting07/08/2016
Mr Richard John Copley
Individual · British · DOB 11/1953 · age 73
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control07/08/2016

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 SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

4 Beechwood Drive
Skipton
North Yorkshire
BD23 1TY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-05-31
Last made up to: 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-20
Last: 2025-08-06

Officers (3 active · 1 resigned)

COPLEY, Richard John→
secretary · appointed 2003-08-07
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Active
COPLEY, Bronwen Philippa→
director · ~65y · appointed 2003-08-07
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Active
COPLEY, Richard John→
director · ~73y · appointed 2003-08-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
CHETTLEBURGHS SECRETARIAL LTD→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2003-08-07 · resigned 2003-08-07
Resigned

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Recent filings (53 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-08-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-04-03
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-08-08
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-01-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-05-24
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-19
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-03-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-05-21