ANDERSON AND LOW LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05660235 · ltd · incorporated 2005-12-21
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 Dec 2024
Net worth
£254.8k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Artistic creation
Sector: Arts, entertainment & recreation
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 69-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 69). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
1 year of iXBRL accounts extracted (no YoY comparison) + narrative notes parsed
50
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 3 with DOB)
82
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
50 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 £254,792

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£255k
Current Assets
£103k
Current Liabilities
—

Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2024-12-31
Total assets£99.6k
Current assets£103.4k
Net assets£254.8k

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-10-23
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  2. 2024-07-12
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  3. 2023-08-23
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  4. 2022-08-05
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  5. 2021-08-08
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  6. 2020-11-18
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  7. 2020-11-18
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    officers · CH01
  8. 2020-04-30
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-06-14
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  10. 2018-08-17
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  11. 2017-08-16
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  12. 2016-08-22
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  13. 2015-12-21
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  14. 2015-09-22
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  15. 2014-12-21
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  16. 2005-12-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDERSON AND LOW LIMITED
  17. 2005-12-21
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    ANDERSON, Jonathan appointed
    secretary
  18. 2005-12-21
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    ANDERSON, Jonathan appointed
    director
  19. 2005-12-21
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    LOW, Hock Thong appointed
    director
  20. 2005-12-21
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    HERBERT, Jane appointed
    secretary
  21. 2005-12-21
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    HERBERT, Jane resigned
    secretary
  22. 2005-12-21
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    FOSTER, David William appointed
    director
  23. 2005-12-21
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    FOSTER, David William resigned
    director

Owner dependency

98/100
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 "ANDERSON" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 21 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 69 — succession pressure is live.

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 69. 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 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Hock Thong Low
Individual · British · DOB 08/1957 · age 69
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mr Jonathan Anderson
Individual · British · DOB 08/1961 · age 65
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2005-12-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC90030 — Artistic creation

Registered office

359 Hendon Way
London
NW4 3LY

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-02
Last: 2025-11-18

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

ANDERSON, Jonathan→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-21
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Active
ANDERSON, Jonathan→
director · ~65y · appointed 2005-12-21
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Active
LOW, Hock Thong→
director · ~69y · appointed 2005-12-21
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Active
HERBERT, Jane→
secretary · appointed 2005-12-21 · resigned 2005-12-21
Resigned
FOSTER, David William→
director · ~82y · appointed 2005-12-21 · resigned 2005-12-21
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

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2025-10-23
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2024-12-24
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accounts · AA
2024-07-12
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2024-01-24
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2023-08-23
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2022-12-22
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2022-08-05
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2021-12-20
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accounts · AA
2021-08-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-11-18
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2020-11-18
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officers · CH01
2020-11-18
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accounts · AA
2020-04-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-14