ANSCOMBS LIMITED

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05097600 · ltd · incorporated 2004-04-07
Investment thesis
Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.
Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.
Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£330.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Real estate agencies
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 60-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 85/100. Strong seller-intent signal (80/100, director aged 60). 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).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · oldest 22.2y

45/100
under pressure

Refinance would be pressure-driven, not opportunity-driven. Expect tighter margins and covenant scrutiny.

  • · Oldest live charge is 22.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Distress signals active — lender appetite narrows.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (78/100)

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
4 officers (1 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)
75
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
63 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £330,105
Cash YoY
+625%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£315k
↑ 625% YoY
Net Worth
£330k
↑ 1.3% YoY
Current Assets
£394k
↑ 222% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£79k£158k£237k£315k£394kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£331.9k£717.0k
Current assets£394.2k£122.3k
Cash£315.1k£43.5k
Debtors£79.0k£78.8k
Net assets£330.1k£325.9k

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.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (27 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-06-05
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    mortgage · MR04
  3. 2025-06-05
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    mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
    mortgage · MR04
  4. 2025-06-05
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    Charge satisfied #2
  5. 2025-06-05
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    Charge satisfied #1
  6. 2024-12-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-12-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-10-10
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2022-04-26
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  10. 2022-04-26
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  11. 2022-04-26
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  12. 2021-09-01
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  13. 2020-11-05
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2019-11-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-07-31
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    accounts · AA
  17. 2016-10-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  18. 2014-03-14
    ➖
    ANSCOMB, Andrea resigned
    secretary
  19. 2011-11-11
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  20. 2004-05-10
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
  21. 2004-04-07
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    Company incorporated
    As ANSCOMBS LIMITED
  22. 2004-04-07
    ➕
    ANSCOMB, Scott Alexander appointed
    director
  23. 2004-04-07
    ➕
    ANSCOMB, Andrea appointed
    secretary
  24. 2004-04-07
    ➕
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  25. 2004-04-07
    ➖
    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  26. 2004-04-07
    ➕
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  27. 2004-04-07
    ➖
    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS 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
  • +Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "ANSCOMB" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 60 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

85/100
Likely off-market candidate

Strong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 60. Early succession window.
  • primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
  • primary20+ year tenure: Director in role 22 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 22 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

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Scott Alexander Anscomb
Individual · British · DOB 02/1966 · age 60
75–100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control08/04/2016

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2004-04-07
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68310 — Real estate agencies

Registered office

31-32 Colliergate
York
YO1 8BN
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-21
Last: 2026-04-07

Officers (1 active · 3 resigned)

ANSCOMB, Scott Alexander→
director · ~60y · appointed 2004-04-07
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ANSCOMB, Andrea→
secretary · appointed 2004-04-07 · resigned 2014-03-14
Resigned
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-04-07 · resigned 2004-04-07
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-04-07 · resigned 2004-04-07
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
0
Outstanding
0
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Legal charge1 property11/11/201105/06/2025
satisfied
Lloyds Banking Group
The Royal Bank of Scotland PLC
Debenture1 property10/05/200405/06/2025

Recent filings (63 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-10-09
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-05
mortgage-satisfy-charge-full
mortgage · MR04
2025-06-05
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-16
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-10-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-04-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-04-26
change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2022-04-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-09-01