ANCORITE HOLDINGS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06029200 · ltd · incorporated 2006-12-14
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.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 19.0y old — refinance window within 12 months
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
year to Dec 2025
Net worth
book net assets
Opportunity
79/100
Strong
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What this business does
Primary activity: Floor and wall covering
Sector: Construction
Investor take
Pursue
Strong opportunity: conservative operator with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 79/100 (strong), bankability 80/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Discharge stale live charges. 1 live charge(s) created 15+ years ago — likely paid but undischarged. Clean register. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (78/100).

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Refinance opportunity

1 live charge · oldest 19.0y

75/100
ready

Refinance conversation should be productive — structure clean and timing right.

  • · Oldest live charge is 19.0 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Single lender — cleanest path to refinance.
  • · Legal-friction score 30/100 — workable, but lender will want more DD.
  • · Profitable and stable/growing — lender coverage supportable.

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
1 charges (1/1 with lender, 1/1 with type)
90
Directors & officers
15 officers (7 active, 15 linked, 12 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
4 active PSC(s) of 9 total, 9 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
109 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation

Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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Opportunity Score
79/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
70
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 102
Profitable
Profit before tax £1,252,248

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
Net Worth
Current Assets
Current Liabilities
£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2024Dec 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-12-312024-12-31
Profit before tax£1.25M
Average employees54400

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

🔒Filing-note intelligence

3 signals 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
2
filings
  • 1 accounts
  • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (47 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-03-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-28
    CLARK, Steven David appointed
    director
  3. 2025-03-28
    FRAIN, Anthony James resigned
    director
  4. 2025-03-28
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  5. 2025-03-28
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  6. 2025-03-12
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    accounts · AA
  7. 2024-12-20
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  8. 2024-11-21
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    officers · AP01
  9. 2024-11-14
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    termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
    officers · TM01
  10. 2024-09-30
    DORAN, Gary William Gerard John resigned
    director
  11. 2024-09-03
    HUNTER, Mark Philip appointed
    director
  12. 2024-06-07
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    second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC02
  13. 2024-04-12
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-group
    accounts · AA
  14. 2024-01-31
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  15. 2024-01-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  16. 2024-01-31
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  17. 2024-01-31
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  18. 2024-01-31
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  19. 2024-01-31
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  20. 2023-10-26
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    accounts · AA01
  21. 2023-10-24
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    accounts · AA
  22. 2023-03-09
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  23. 2023-02-21
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  24. 2023-02-21
    📄
    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  25. 2023-02-16
    BORKOWSKY, Jörg appointed
    director
  26. 2023-02-16
    SCHMIDT, Markus Jürgen appointed
    director
  27. 2023-02-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  28. 2023-02-16
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    appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
    officers · AP01
  29. 2022-04-29
    CLEGG, David Jeffrey resigned
    director
  30. 2021-09-03
    NICHOLSON, Mark appointed
    secretary
  31. 2021-09-03
    SMITH, Alison Veronica resigned
    secretary
  32. 2021-09-03
    SMITH, Alison Veronica resigned
    director
  33. 2021-02-01
    NICHOLSON, Mark appointed
    director
  34. 2018-02-07
    DORAN, Gary William Gerard John appointed
    director
  35. 2016-04-29
    CLEGG, David Jeffrey appointed
    director
  36. 2016-04-29
    FRAIN, Anthony James appointed
    director
  37. 2016-04-29
    MCCONNELL, Neil resigned
    director
  38. 2014-10-06
    SMITH, Alison Veronica appointed
    secretary
  39. 2014-10-04
    BRADBURY, Piers Graham resigned
    secretary
  40. 2013-04-30
    CUMMINGS, Andrew appointed
    director
  41. 2013-04-30
    BRADBURY, Piers Graham resigned
    director
  42. 2013-04-30
    SMITH, Alison Veronica appointed
    director
  43. 2007-07-06
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Clydesdale Bank PLC
  44. 2006-12-14
    🏢
    Company incorporated
    As ANCORITE HOLDINGS LTD
  45. 2006-12-14
    BRADBURY, Piers Graham appointed
    secretary
  46. 2006-12-14
    BRADBURY, Piers Graham appointed
    director
  47. 2006-12-14
    MCCONNELL, Neil appointed
    director

Owner dependency

48/100
Moderate — manageable with handover

Some founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.

FACTORS
  • -6 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

63/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 13 years.
  • 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

Steuler Kch International Gmbh is the ultimate parent — holding 75%+ shares. This company sits inside their group.

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Steuler Kch International Gmbh
Corporate parent · holds 75-100% shares · board control
ultimate parent
ANCORITE HOLDINGS LTD
This company · 06029200

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

Shareholders & ownership

4 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75% · fragmented
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Steuler Kch International Gmbh
Corporate entity
75100%
75–100%board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control16/02/2023
Mr Markus Jurgen Schmidt
Individual · German · DOB 05/1985 · age 41
sig. influencesignificant influence16/02/2023
Mr Jorg Borkowsky
Individual · German · DOB 03/1963 · age 63
sig. influencesignificant influence16/02/2023
Mr Mark Nicholson
Individual · British · DOB 03/1966 · age 60
sig. influencesignificant influence29/04/2022
5 historic (ceased) PSCs
  • Mr Gary William Gerard John Doranceased 16/02/2023· significant influence
  • Mr Andrew Cummingsceased 16/02/2023· significant influence
  • Mr Anthony James Frainceased 16/02/2023· significant influence
  • Mr David Jeffrey Cleggceased 29/04/2022· significant influence
  • Mrs Alison Veronica Smithceased 03/09/2021· significant influence

From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.

🔒Co-director network graph

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🔒Tailored diligence questions

6 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.

Available from the Pro tier upwards.

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🔒Advanced scoring suite

Exit-route ranking, improvement thesis, quiet-distress detector, covenant-pressure proxy, extraction monitor, approaching triggers, ownership drift, local cluster, value trap, debt capacity, archetype classification — 48+ scoring modules.

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2006-12-14
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC43330 — Floor and wall covering

Registered office

Millbuck Way
Ettiley Heath
Sandbach
Cheshire
CW11 3AB

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-09-30
Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-28
Last: 2025-12-14

Officers (7 active · 8 resigned)

NICHOLSON, Mark
secretary · appointed 2021-09-03
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Active
BORKOWSKY, Jörg
director · ~63y · appointed 2023-02-16
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Active
CLARK, Steven David
director · ~51y · appointed 2025-03-28
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Active
CUMMINGS, Andrew
director · ~61y · appointed 2013-04-30
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Active
HUNTER, Mark Philip
director · ~46y · appointed 2024-09-03
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Active
NICHOLSON, Mark
director · ~60y · appointed 2021-02-01
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Active
SCHMIDT, Markus Jürgen
director · ~41y · appointed 2023-02-16
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Active
BRADBURY, Piers Graham
secretary · appointed 2006-12-14 · resigned 2014-10-04
Resigned
SMITH, Alison Veronica
secretary · appointed 2014-10-06 · resigned 2021-09-03
Resigned
BRADBURY, Piers Graham
director · ~76y · appointed 2006-12-14 · resigned 2013-04-30
Resigned
CLEGG, David Jeffrey
director · ~63y · appointed 2016-04-29 · resigned 2022-04-29
Resigned
DORAN, Gary William Gerard John
director · ~60y · appointed 2018-02-07 · resigned 2024-09-30
Resigned
FRAIN, Anthony James
director · ~67y · appointed 2016-04-29 · resigned 2025-03-28
Resigned
MCCONNELL, Neil
director · ~69y · appointed 2006-12-14 · resigned 2016-04-29
Resigned
SMITH, Alison Veronica
director · ~65y · appointed 2013-04-30 · resigned 2021-09-03
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

1
Total charges
1
Outstanding
1
Active lenders
Status:Lender:1 of 1 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Virgin Money
Clydesdale Bank PLC
Debenture1 property06/07/2007
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Recent filings (109 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2026-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-03-28
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2025-03-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2025-03-12
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-23
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC05
2024-12-20
appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2024-11-21
termination-director-company-with-name-termination-date
officers · TM01
2024-11-14
second-filing-notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · RP04PSC02
2024-06-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-group
accounts · AA
2024-04-12
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC02
2024-01-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-31
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2024-01-31
cessation-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
2024-01-31