A. FANTHORPE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05133012 · ltd · incorporated 2004-05-19
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£2.09M
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 78). 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
54 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 £2,091,448
Cash YoY
+11%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£1.7m
↑ 11% YoY
Net Worth
£2.1m
↑ 9.9% YoY
Current Assets
£2.4m
↑ 5.9% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£480k£960k£1.4m£1.9m£2.4mJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£2.09M£1.90M
Current assets£2.40M£2.27M
Cash£1.73M£1.55M
Debtors£455.9k£500.8k
Net assets£2.09M£1.90M

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
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 90 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (24 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-27
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  2. 2025-04-30
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  3. 2024-04-30
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  4. 2023-04-28
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  5. 2022-04-29
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  6. 2021-04-28
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  7. 2021-04-20
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    FANTHORPE, Marc Charles appointed
    director
  8. 2021-04-20
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  9. 2020-04-24
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  10. 2019-04-26
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  11. 2018-04-27
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  12. 2017-04-26
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  13. 2016-06-30
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  14. 2016-05-03
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  15. 2015-06-04
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  16. 2015-04-30
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  17. 2014-08-01
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  18. 2004-05-19
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    Company incorporated
    As A. FANTHORPE LIMITED
  19. 2004-05-19
    ➕
    FANTHORPE, Katie Louise appointed
    secretary
  20. 2004-05-19
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    FANTHORPE, Susan appointed
    director
  21. 2004-05-19
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-05-19
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    TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
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  23. 2004-05-19
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  24. 2004-05-19
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    COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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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 "FANTHORPE" — 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.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 78 — 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 78 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 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
Mrs Susan Fanthorpe
Individual · British · DOB 08/1948 · age 78
50–75%
50–75%50-75% shares · 50-75% voting06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-05-19
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47540 — Retail sale of electrical household appliances in specialised stores

Registered office

6-8 Hepworth Arcade Silver Street
Hull
East Yorkshire
HU1 1JU

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-06-02
Last: 2025-05-19

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

FANTHORPE, Katie Louise→
secretary · appointed 2004-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FANTHORPE, Marc Charles→
director · ~58y · appointed 2021-04-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
FANTHORPE, Susan→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-05-19
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-05-19 · resigned 2004-05-19
Resigned
COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-05-19 · resigned 2004-05-19
Resigned

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Recent filings (54 total)

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2026-04-27
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2025-05-20
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2025-04-30
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2024-05-20
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2024-04-30
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2023-05-19
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2023-04-28
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2022-05-23
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accounts · AA
2022-04-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-05-19
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-04-28
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officers · AP01
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-05-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2020-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-05-28