ANBECA LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
05953973 · ltd · incorporated 2006-10-03
Investment thesis
Unencumbered property vehicle — clean asset-backed target with refinance headroom.
Why interesting: Property-holding entity with no live charges; straightforward asset-backed case.
Why risky: Values depend on title and valuation; property-specific market exposure.
🔒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
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Buying and selling of own real estate
Sector: Real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: active trading company with exceptional profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (72/100)

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
4 officers (4 active, 4 linked, 3 with DOB)
85
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 4 total, 4 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
54 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

1 year extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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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 · FRS 102
Metric2025-03-31
Average employees300

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

2 signals 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
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (21 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-04-04
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
    accounts · AA01
  3. 2024-09-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-11-29
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
  5. 2023-11-29
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  6. 2023-11-29
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    cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  7. 2023-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-07-16
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-09-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-10-07
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
  12. 2019-10-07
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    change-person-director-company-with-change-date
    officers · CH01
  13. 2019-10-07
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    change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
    address · AD01
  14. 2019-09-27
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  15. 2018-09-28
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  16. 2017-09-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  17. 2006-10-03
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    Company incorporated
    As ANBECA LIMITED
  18. 2006-10-03
    ➕
    CHIVERS, Benjamin appointed
    secretary
  19. 2006-10-03
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    CHIVERS, Benjamin appointed
    director
  20. 2006-10-03
    ➕
    CHIVERS, Caroline Elizabeth appointed
    director
  21. 2006-10-03
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    NEALE, Sarah Annabel appointed
    director

Owner dependency

76/100
High — earn-out structure required

Material founder dependency. Consider a 2-3 year earn-out and build in a handover plan before completion.

FACTORS
  • +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

63/100
Strong succession signal

Multiple signals suggest succession is on the horizon. Candidate for proactive outreach.

SIGNALS
  • secondaryFounder aged 58+: Senior director is approximately 62. Early succession window.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 20 years.
  • 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.)

Group structure

Chivers Farms Limited holds 25-50% — a significant corporate investor but not a controlling parent.

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Chivers Farms Limited
Corporate parent · holds 25-50% shares · board control
significant stake
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ANBECA LIMITED
This company · 05953973

Parent relationships inferred from Persons with Significant Control filings. Full subsidiary tree requires reverse-lookup (coming).

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Chivers Farms Limited
Corporate entity
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control27/11/2023
Miss Caroline Elizabeth Chivers
Individual · British · DOB 03/1964 · age 62
25–50%
25–50%25-50% shares · 25-50% voting06/04/2016
2 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr John Benjamin Chiversceased 27/11/2023· significant influence
  • Mrs Sarah Annabel Nealeceased 27/11/2023· significant influence

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
Incorporated2006-10-03
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC68100 — Buying and selling of own real estate

Registered office

Field Barn Kings Road
Hardwick
Cambridge
CB23 7QT
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-10-17
Last: 2025-10-03

Officers (4 active · 0 resigned)

CHIVERS, Benjamin→
secretary · appointed 2006-10-03
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Active
CHIVERS, Benjamin→
director · ~56y · appointed 2006-10-03
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Active
CHIVERS, Caroline Elizabeth→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-10-03
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Active
NEALE, Sarah Annabel→
director · ~62y · appointed 2006-10-03
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active

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Recent filings (54 total)

confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-06-09
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-extended
accounts · AA01
2025-04-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-10-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2024-09-26
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2023-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-29
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2023-11-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-10-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-29
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-10-10
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-09-28
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-10-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-07-16
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-10-13