ANP INTERIM LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05474394 · ltd · incorporated 2005-06-07

Investment thesis

Zombie company — trading but stalled; unlikely mover.

Why interesting: Quiet, steady; could be a succession or carve-out candidate with the right conversation.

Why risky: No growth signal; thin margin for error on price.

🔒Estimated value

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Turnover

—

year to Jun 2025

Net worth

£-17.0k

book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Sector: Professional, scientific & technical

Investor take

Pass (distressed without resilience)

Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 64). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -76% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (75/100)

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

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

4 officers (2 active, 4 linked, 1 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

Network not yet resolved

Filing history

57 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

80/100Exceptional

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

Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102

Negative net assets

Liabilities exceed assets by £16,965

Cash draining

Cash down 76% YoY

Cash YoY

-76%

Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

£2k

↓ 76% YoY

Net Worth

-£17k

↓ 37% YoY

Current Assets

£2k

↓ 76% YoY

Current Liabilities

—

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-06-30	2024-06-30
Total assets	£-17.0k	£-12.4k
Current assets	£2.1k	£8.8k
Cash	£2.1k	£8.8k
Net assets	£-17.0k	£-12.4k

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

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 (23 events)Click to expand

2026-03-31
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accounts · AA
2025-03-31
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accounts · AA
2024-03-28
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accounts · AA
2023-03-31
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accounts · AA
2022-03-31
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accounts · AA
2021-04-01
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accounts · AA
2020-03-25
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-25
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address · AD01
2019-09-24
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officers · CH01
2019-09-24
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2019-09-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2019-02-08
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2018-08-24
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2018-08-24
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2018-08-24
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2018-08-24
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persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2005-06-07
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Company incorporated
As ANP INTERIM LIMITED
2005-06-07
➕
PATERSON, Ann Marie appointed
secretary
2005-06-07
➕
PATERSON, Robert Nigel appointed
director
2005-06-07
➕
JPCORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-06-07
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JPCORS LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-secretary
2005-06-07
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JPCORD LIMITED appointed
corporate-nominee-director
2005-06-07
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JPCORD LIMITED resigned
corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

93/100

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

+Sole director: Only one active director — all governance concentrated on one person.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Senior director age: Director aged approximately 64 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

95/100

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.
primarySole active director: Only one director in control. No visible successor — buyers solve the succession problem.
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 Robert Nigel Paterson Individual · British · DOB 08/1962 · age 64	75–100%	—	75-100% shares	01/07/2016

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

Incorporated2005-06-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management

Registered office

Chackeridge Farm

Ashbrittle

Wellington

Somerset

TA21 0LJ

England

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-03-31

Last made up to: 2025-06-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-06-21

Last: 2026-06-07

Officers (2 active · 2 resigned)

PATERSON, Ann Marie→

secretary · appointed 2005-06-07

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Active

PATERSON, Robert Nigel→

director · ~64y · appointed 2005-06-07

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Active

JPCORS LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2005-06-07 · resigned 2005-06-07

Resigned

JPCORD LIMITED→

corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2005-06-07 · resigned 2005-06-07

Resigned

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