ANGLIA SELF STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05227695 · ltd · incorporated 2004-09-10
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Dec 2024
Net worth
£83.1k
book net assets
Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 78-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, 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
8 officers (5 active, 8 linked, 4 with DOB)
80
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
66 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.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Positive net assets
Net assets £83,093

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£83k
↑ 8.1% YoY
Current Assets
£158k
↑ 9.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£32k£63k£95k£127k£158kDec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31
Total assets£88.1k£81.6k
Current assets£158.2k£144.4k
Net assets£83.1k£76.9k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  4. 2022-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  5. 2022-09-12
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  6. 2022-09-12
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  7. 2022-09-12
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  8. 2022-09-12
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  9. 2021-08-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-10-10
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2018-09-17
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    change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  14. 2018-09-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  15. 2018-09-17
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  16. 2018-08-06
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2005-09-21
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    RUTTER, Kathleen Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-09-21
    ➖
    RUTTER, Thomas James resigned
    secretary
  19. 2004-09-10
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLIA SELF STORAGE LIMITED
  20. 2004-09-10
    ➕
    HUTSON, Sophie Louise appointed
    director
  21. 2004-09-10
    ➕
    RUTTER, John Maddern appointed
    director
  22. 2004-09-10
    ➕
    RUTTER, Kathleen Mary appointed
    director
  23. 2004-09-10
    ➕
    RUTTER, Thomas James appointed
    director
  24. 2004-09-10
    ➕
    RUTTER, Thomas James appointed
    secretary
  25. 2004-09-10
    ➕
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2004-09-10
    ➖
    A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2004-09-10
    ➕
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2004-09-10
    ➖
    A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-director

Owner dependency

73/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • -4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +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

90/100
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.
  • 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

4 active beneficial owners · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr John Maddern Rutter
Individual · British · DOB 01/1949 · age 77
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mrs Kathleen Mary Rutter
Individual · British · DOB 05/1948 · age 78
—25–50%board control25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016
Mr Thomas James Rutter
Individual · British · DOB 09/1978 · age 48
——board controlboard control06/04/2016
Mrs Sophie Louise Hutson
Individual · British · DOB 04/1986 · age 40
——board controlboard control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2004-09-10
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC77390 — Renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.

Registered office

24 High Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-24
Last: 2025-09-10

Officers (5 active · 3 resigned)

RUTTER, Kathleen Mary→
secretary · appointed 2005-09-21
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HUTSON, Sophie Louise→
director · ~40y · appointed 2004-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUTTER, John Maddern→
director · ~77y · appointed 2004-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUTTER, Kathleen Mary→
director · ~78y · appointed 2004-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUTTER, Thomas James→
director · ~48y · appointed 2004-09-10
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RUTTER, Thomas James→
secretary · appointed 2004-09-10 · resigned 2005-09-21
Resigned
A.C. SECRETARIES LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2004-09-10 · resigned 2004-09-10
Resigned
A.C. DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-director · appointed 2004-09-10 · resigned 2004-09-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (66 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-09-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-09-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-09-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-09-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-26
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-09-12
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-09-12
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-08-09
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-16