ANGLIAN GARDEN SERVICES LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06024928 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-11
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 2025
Net worth
£1
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Landscape service activities
Sector: Administrative & support services
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 65-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 65). 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
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
Network not yet resolved
30
Filing history
49 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)
Positive net assets
Net assets £1
Net assets shrinking
Down £93 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£1
↓ 99% YoY
Current Assets
£7k
↑ 5.6% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£6k£7kDec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Total assets£1£94
Current assets£7.4k£7.0k
Net assets£1£94

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
0
filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 accounts
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
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  2. 2025-07-17
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  3. 2024-05-21
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  4. 2023-05-19
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2022-08-03
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  6. 2022-08-01
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    COSTELLO, Sarah appointed
    director
  7. 2022-05-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2021-05-04
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  9. 2020-05-22
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  10. 2019-06-12
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  11. 2018-05-14
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  12. 2017-09-04
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  13. 2016-04-25
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  14. 2015-12-11
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    annual-return · AR01
  15. 2015-05-05
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    accounts · AA
  16. 2006-12-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLIAN GARDEN SERVICES LIMITED
  17. 2006-12-11
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    COSTELLO, Sarah appointed
    secretary
  18. 2006-12-11
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    COSTELLO, Ian appointed
    director
  19. 2006-12-11
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  20. 2006-12-11
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    HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-secretary
  21. 2006-12-11
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED appointed
    corporate-nominee-director
  22. 2006-12-11
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    HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED resigned
    corporate-nominee-director

Owner dependency

91/100
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.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 20 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 65 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
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 65. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner · dominant holder ≥75%
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Ian Costello
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
75–100%
—75-100% 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
Incorporated2006-12-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC81300 — Landscape service activities

Registered office

78 Constantine Road
Colchester
CO3 3DX

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-25
Last: 2025-12-11

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

COSTELLO, Sarah→
secretary · appointed 2006-12-11
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Active
COSTELLO, Ian→
director · ~60y · appointed 2006-12-11
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Active
COSTELLO, Sarah→
director · ~65y · appointed 2022-08-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
HCS SECRETARIAL LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-secretary · appointed 2006-12-11 · resigned 2006-12-11
Resigned
HANOVER DIRECTORS LIMITED→
corporate-nominee-director · appointed 2006-12-11 · resigned 2006-12-11
Resigned

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Recent filings (49 total)

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accounts · AA
2026-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-12
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-05-21
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-05-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-12-15
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-08-03
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-06-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-05-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-05-04
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2020-05-22