ANGLO CONTINENTAL AGENCIES LIMITED

💤Zombieactive

05727254 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-02

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

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year to Apr 2025

Net worth

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book net assets

Opportunity

80/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: SIC 23410

Sector: Manufacturing

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company with a 66-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 66). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Broaden director team. Sole director creates succession risk and reduces buyer comfort. Appoint a second director or strong #2. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).

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

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (1 active, 5 linked, 2 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

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

Director network

4 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

53 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

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Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown

Metric	2025-04-30	2024-04-30
Average employees	1	100

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

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-12-05
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2022-11-30
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2021-10-26
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2020-11-19
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2019-11-07
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2016-12-29
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2016-03-31
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2016-01-03
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2015-03-10
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2015-01-07
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2009-10-20
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HARRISON, Stephen Frank resigned
secretary
2009-10-20
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HARRISON, Stephen Frank resigned
director
2006-03-06
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HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED resigned
corporate-secretary
2006-03-06
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HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
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2006-03-02
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Company incorporated
As ANGLO CONTINENTAL AGENCIES LIMITED
2006-03-02
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LINES, Richard William, Mr. appointed
director
2006-03-02
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HARRISON, Stephen Frank appointed
secretary
2006-03-02
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HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED appointed
corporate-secretary
2006-03-02
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HARRISON, Stephen Frank appointed
director
2006-03-02
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HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
corporate-director

Owner dependency

100/100

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 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 66 — succession pressure is live.

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 66. 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 20 years. Very long tenure is a classic succession signal.
secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 20 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. Richard William Lines Individual · British · DOB 09/1960 · age 66	75–100%	75–100%	board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control	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

Incorporated2006-03-02

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC23410 — SIC 23410

Registered office

18 Lymefield Drive

Boothstown

Manchester

Lancashire

M28 1NA

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2027-01-31

Last made up to: 2025-04-30

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-03-16

Last: 2026-03-02

Officers (1 active · 4 resigned)

LINES, Richard William, Mr.→

director · ~66y · appointed 2006-03-02

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Active

HARRISON, Stephen Frank→

secretary · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2009-10-20

Resigned

HIGHSTONE SECRETARIES LIMITED→

corporate-secretary · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2006-03-06

Resigned

HARRISON, Stephen Frank→

director · ~70y · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2009-10-20

Resigned

HIGHSTONE DIRECTORS LIMITED→

corporate-director · appointed 2006-03-02 · resigned 2006-03-06

Resigned

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