ANTHONY RICHARDS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06084070 · ltd · incorporated 2007-02-06
Investment thesis
Property vehicle with a workable charge structure — clean refinance potential.
Why interesting: Asset-backed; value largely in underlying property; lender engagement likely possible.
Why risky: Dependent on title and valuation due diligence; standard property risks.
Why now
Window steady · low confidence
Stable recent picture — watch for any upcoming trigger event.
Opportunity decay
approaching window · 12-months
Approaching a transaction window — refinance or sale event plausible in the next 12 months.
  • · Oldest live charge 6.2y old — refinance window within 12 months
What changed my view
Last 30 days

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Last 90 days

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Turnover
—
year to Mar 2025
Net worth
£10.5k
book net assets
Opportunity
82/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Sector: Financial & insurance
ALSO REGISTERED FOR
  • 68209Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 83-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 82/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 83). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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Refinance opportunity

2 live charges · 2 lenders · oldest 6.2y

70/100
ready

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

  • · Oldest live charge is 6.2 years old — likely at or near maturity.
  • · Two lenders — manageable, but coordination required.
  • · Legal-friction score 15/100 — clean.

Data confidence

Overall: medium (79/100)

Adequate coverage. AI outputs are reliable for the sections scored high; verify the rest in diligence.

Company profile
address, 2 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
2 charges (2/2 with lender, 2/2 with type)
90
Directors & officers
6 officers (3 active, 6 linked, 2 with DOB)
77
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
61 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.

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Opportunity Score
82/100Exceptional
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
100
Good data coverage for analysis.

Signals from accounts

Derived from iXBRL accounts · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £10,469
Net assets shrinking
Down £10,092 YoY
Cash YoY
+2910%
Year on year

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
£22k
↑ 2910% YoY
Net Worth
£10k
↓ 49% YoY
Current Assets
£22k
↑ 1222% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£4k£9k£13k£17k£22kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£19.7k£264.8k
Current assets£21.6k£1.6k
Cash£21.6k£719
Debtors—£918
Net assets£10.5k£20.6k

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
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Last 180 days
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Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (28 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-07-17
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-03-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-12-27
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  4. 2024-05-31
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    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-03-28
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  6. 2023-12-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  7. 2023-05-11
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  8. 2023-03-29
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    change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
    accounts · AA01
  9. 2021-12-29
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-07-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  11. 2020-05-31
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    mortgage · MR01
  12. 2020-05-31
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    mortgage · MR01
  13. 2020-05-20
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    Charge registered #2
    Lender: Cumberland Building Society
  14. 2020-05-20
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    Charge registered #1
    Lender: Cumberland Buidling Society
  15. 2019-10-30
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
    accounts · AA
  16. 2019-08-27
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    persons-with-significant-control · PSC07
  17. 2019-08-27
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    officers · AP01
  18. 2019-08-27
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    notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
    persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
  19. 2019-03-01
    ➕
    RICHARDS, Charles appointed
    director
  20. 2008-04-01
    ➕
    TAYLOR, Gary Richard appointed
    secretary
  21. 2008-02-20
    ➖
    ELLIOTT, Elizabeth resigned
    secretary
  22. 2007-02-06
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    Company incorporated
    As ANTHONY RICHARDS LIMITED
  23. 2007-02-06
    ➕
    RICHARDS, Anthony Norman appointed
    director
  24. 2007-02-06
    ➕
    ELLIOTT, Elizabeth appointed
    secretary
  25. 2007-02-06
    ➕
    UK SECRETARIES LTD appointed
    corporate-secretary
  26. 2007-02-06
    ➖
    UK SECRETARIES LTD resigned
    corporate-secretary
  27. 2007-02-06
    ➕
    UK DIRECTORS LTD appointed
    corporate-director
  28. 2007-02-06
    ➖
    UK DIRECTORS LTD resigned
    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
  • +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 "RICHARDS" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 83 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

89/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 83 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 19 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 Charles Richards
Individual · British · DOB 06/1975 · age 51
75–100%
—75-100% shares01/03/2019
1 historic (ceased) PSC
  • Mr Anthony Norman Richardsceased 01/03/2019· 75-100% shares

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

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

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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2007-02-06
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC64209 — Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

Registered office

The Millennium Centre
Corporation Street
St Helens
Merseyside
WA10 1HJ

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-26
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-09-10
Last: 2025-08-27

Officers (3 active · 3 resigned)

TAYLOR, Gary Richard→
secretary · appointed 2008-04-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDS, Anthony Norman→
director · ~83y · appointed 2007-02-06
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
RICHARDS, Charles→
director · ~51y · appointed 2019-03-01
View their other companies + combined net worth →
Active
ELLIOTT, Elizabeth→
secretary · appointed 2007-02-06 · resigned 2008-02-20
Resigned
UK SECRETARIES LTD→
corporate-secretary · appointed 2007-02-06 · resigned 2007-02-06
Resigned
UK DIRECTORS LTD→
corporate-director · appointed 2007-02-06 · resigned 2007-02-06
Resigned

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Mortgages & charges

2
Total charges
2
Outstanding
2
Active lenders
Status:Lender:2 of 2 shown
TypeProperties
outstanding
Cumberland Building Society
A registered charge1 property20/05/2020—
outstanding
Cumberland Buidling Society
A registered charge1 property20/05/2020—
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Recent filings (61 total)

confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-09-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-07-17
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-03-26
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-12-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-05-31
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2024-03-28
change-account-reference-date-company-previous-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-08-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2023-05-11
change-account-reference-date-company-current-shortened
accounts · AA01
2023-03-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-09-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2021-12-29
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-09-04
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-09-06