ANISE CATERING LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

05402255 · ltd · incorporated 2005-03-23

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

approaching window · 12-months

Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.

· Oldest live charge 21.1y old — refinance window within 12 months

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

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year to Mar 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

82/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Event catering activities

Sector: Accommodation & food service

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 80-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 65/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 80). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

5 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 21.1y

70/100

ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

· Oldest live charge is 21.1 years old — likely at or near maturity.
· Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
· Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (77/100)

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

Lenders & charges

5 charges (5/5 with lender, 5/5 with type)

Directors & officers

3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

55 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

82/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

100

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

—

Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	1300	100

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

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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

filings

Last 90 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Last 180 days

filings

• 1 confirmation-statement
• 1 accounts

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-30
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accounts · AA
2024-12-31
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accounts · AA
2023-12-28
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accounts · AA
2022-12-29
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-02-24
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-03-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2019-11-26
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-12-28
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2018-01-02
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accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2017-01-04
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2016-12-16
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mortgage · MR04
2016-12-16
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Charge satisfied #1
2016-03-31
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annual-return · AR01
2015-12-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
accounts · AA
2015-10-22
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mortgage · MR01
2015-10-21
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Charge registered #5
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-10-21
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Charge registered #4
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2015-10-05
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Charge registered #3
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2014-02-28
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Charge registered #2
Lender: Lloyds Bank PLC
2005-04-28
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Charge registered #1
Lender: Hsbc Bank PLC
2005-03-23
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Company incorporated
As ANISE CATERING LIMITED
2005-03-23
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ILLMAN, Derek William appointed
secretary
2005-03-23
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ILLMAN, Derek William appointed
director
2005-03-23
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ILLMAN, Mark Jonathan Richard appointed
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.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 80 — 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 80 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 21 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 21 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%

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Mr Mark Jonathan Richard Illman Individual · British · DOB 12/1971 · age 55	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	06/04/2016

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

Incorporated2005-03-23

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC56210 — Event catering activities

Registered office

Unit 5 & 6 Rutherford Way Industrial Estate

Rutherford Way

Manor Royal

West Sussex

RH10 9LN

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-06

Last: 2026-03-23

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

ILLMAN, Derek William→

secretary · appointed 2005-03-23

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Active

ILLMAN, Derek William→

director · ~80y · appointed 2005-03-23

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Active

ILLMAN, Mark Jonathan Richard→

director · ~55y · appointed 2005-03-23

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Active

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Mortgages & charges

Total charges

Outstanding

Active lenders

Status:Lender:5 of 5 shown

		Type	Properties
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	21/10/2015	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	21/10/2015	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	—	05/10/2015	—
outstanding	Lloyds Banking Group Lloyds Bank PLC	A registered charge	1 property	28/02/2014	—
satisfied	HSBC Hsbc Bank PLC	Debenture	1 property	28/04/2005	16/12/2016

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