ANDY LINES COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05764708 · ltd · incorporated 2006-03-31
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
🔒Estimated value
—
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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2026
Net worth
£-18.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 99999
Sector: Extraterritorial bodies
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 62). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (76/100)

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
Network not yet resolved
30
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 · FRS 105 (micro)
Negative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £17,994

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
-£18k
~ YoY
Current Assets
£2k
~ YoY
Current Liabilities
—
-£18k-£14k-£10k-£6k-£2k£2kMar 2025Mar 2026

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2026-03-312025-03-31
Total assets£-18.0k£-18.0k
Current assets£2.1k£2.1k
Net assets£-18.0k£-18.0k

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.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Recent activity

Last 30 days
0
filings
Last 90 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
2
filings
  • • 1 accounts
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-24
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-05-15
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-04-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-05-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-04-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2021-05-07
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-04-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-04-08
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2019-04-02
    ➕
    TAYLER BRADSHAW LIMITED appointed
    corporate-secretary
  10. 2019-04-02
    ➖
    LINES, Andrew Peter resigned
    secretary
  11. 2019-04-02
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    appoint-corporate-secretary-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP04
  12. 2019-04-02
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    termination-secretary-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM02
  13. 2018-08-22
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  14. 2018-04-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  15. 2018-04-10
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2017-12-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  17. 2017-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
    accounts · AA
  18. 2006-03-31
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANDY LINES COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
  19. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    LINES, Andrew Peter appointed
    director
  20. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    LINES, Lois appointed
    director
  21. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    LINES, Andrew Peter appointed
    secretary
  22. 2006-03-31
    ➕
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  23. 2006-03-31
    ➖
    INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary

Owner dependency

99/100
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 "LINES" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 62 — approaching natural succession window.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

76/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Andrew Peter Lines
Individual · British · DOB 08/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
Mrs Lois Lines
Individual · British · DOB 06/1967 · age 59
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
Incorporated2006-03-31
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC99999 — SIC 99999

Registered office

Cambridge House
16 High Street
Saffron Walden
Essex
CB10 1AX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-12-31
Last made up to: 2026-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-14
Last: 2026-03-31

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

TAYLER BRADSHAW LIMITED→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2019-04-02
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LINES, Andrew Peter→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LINES, Lois→
director · ~59y · appointed 2006-03-31
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
LINES, Andrew Peter→
secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2019-04-02
Resigned
INCORPORATE SECRETARIAT LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-03-31 · resigned 2006-03-31
Resigned

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Recent filings (50 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-24
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-04-13
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-05-15
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-22
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-04-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-09
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-04-11
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-04-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-07
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-04-06
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-04-24
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-04-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-04-15