ANTON COAKER ENGLISH TIMBER LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05273417 · ltd · incorporated 2004-10-29
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£248.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Sawmilling and planing of wood
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 64-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). 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
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
56 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 £248,523

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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Net Worth
£249k
↑ 18% YoY
Current Assets
£276k
↑ 1.8% YoY
Current Liabilities
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£0£55k£111k£166k£221k£276kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£248.5k£211.1k
Current assets£276.3k£271.4k
Net assets£248.5k£211.1k

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
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2024-12-23
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2023-11-27
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  4. 2023-11-17
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    accounts · AA01
  5. 2022-11-25
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    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-11-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-11-10
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  8. 2019-11-27
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  9. 2018-11-26
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    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-11-28
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  11. 2016-11-25
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    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-06-14
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    address · AD01
  13. 2016-04-04
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    address · AD01
  14. 2015-11-30
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    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-11-12
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2004-10-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTON COAKER ENGLISH TIMBER LIMITED
  17. 2004-10-29
    ➕
    GEEN, Alison Mary appointed
    secretary
  18. 2004-10-29
    ➕
    COAKER, Anthony James Richard, Mr. appointed
    director
  19. 2004-10-29
    ➕
    GEEN, Alison Mary appointed
    director
  20. 2004-10-29
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2004-10-29
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    SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  22. 2004-10-29
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  23. 2004-10-29
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    CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

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.
  • +Founder name in company name: Company name contains director surname "COAKER" — 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 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

86/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 64. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr. Anthony James Richard Coaker
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Alison Mary Geen
Individual · British · DOB 02/1962 · age 64
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% 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
Incorporated2004-10-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC16100 — Sawmilling and planing of wood

Registered office

22 Churchill Way
Plymouth
Devon
PL3 4PR
United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-12
Last: 2025-10-29

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

GEEN, Alison Mary→
secretary · appointed 2004-10-29
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Active
COAKER, Anthony James Richard, Mr.→
director · ~62y · appointed 2004-10-29
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Active
GEEN, Alison Mary→
director · ~64y · appointed 2004-10-29
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Active
SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2004-10-29 · resigned 2004-10-29
Resigned
CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2004-10-29 · resigned 2004-10-29
Resigned

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Recent filings (56 total)

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accounts · AA
2025-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-12-23
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-11-27
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2023-11-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-11-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-11-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-11-10
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-02
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2019-11-27
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-10-30