ANTHONY TROLLOPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05117240 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-04
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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year to May 2025
Net worth
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Cultural education
Sector: Education
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 59). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)
78
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
52 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0May 2024May 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-05-312024-05-24

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-21
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  2. 2025-02-09
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  3. 2024-01-28
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  4. 2023-02-26
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  5. 2022-02-27
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  6. 2021-05-16
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  7. 2020-02-10
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  8. 2019-03-06
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  9. 2018-02-25
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  10. 2017-02-26
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  11. 2016-05-31
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  12. 2016-02-28
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  13. 2015-05-28
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  14. 2015-02-26
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  15. 2014-05-27
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  16. 2004-05-04
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTHONY TROLLOPE LIMITED
  17. 2004-05-04
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    EDWARDES, Dominic Arthur Craig appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-05-04
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    EDWARDES, Dominic Arthur Craig appointed
    director
  19. 2004-05-04
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    HOLDER, Curtis appointed
    director
  20. 2004-05-04
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    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-05-04
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    ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-05-04
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    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-05-04
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    ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED resigned
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Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material 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 22 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 59 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
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 59. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dominic Arthur Craig Edwardes
Individual · British · DOB 11/1967 · age 59
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control01/05/2017

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
Incorporated2004-05-04
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC85520 — Cultural education

Registered office

4 The Dell
Upper Norwood
London
SE19 2QA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-02-28
Last made up to: 2025-05-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-05-18
Last: 2026-05-04

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

EDWARDES, Dominic Arthur Craig→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-04
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Active
EDWARDES, Dominic Arthur Craig→
director · ~59y · appointed 2004-05-04
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Active
HOLDER, Curtis→
director · ~58y · appointed 2004-05-04
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Active
ALPHA SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-04 · resigned 2004-05-04
Resigned
ALPHA DIRECT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-04 · resigned 2004-05-04
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2026-02-21
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-05-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2025-02-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-05-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-01-28
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-05-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-02-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-16
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-12