ANDOVER MINI STORAGE LIMITED

🌳Matureactive

06143913 · ltd · incorporated 2007-03-07

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 Mar 2025

Net worth

—

book net assets

Opportunity

81/100

Exceptional

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What this business does

Primary activity: Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Sector: Administrative & support services

Investor take

Pursue

Active trading company. Family succession underway — not a classic acquisition target.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Same-surname younger director in place — likely family handover, not open to sale. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

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, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date

100

Financials

2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed

Lenders & charges

Confirmed no charges registered

Directors & officers

5 officers (5 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)

Ownership & PSC

2 active PSC(s) of 3 total, 3 with control declared

Director network

1 connected companies via shared directors

Filing history

86 filings on record

Gazette notices

No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)

Opportunity Score

81/100Exceptional

PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional

Strong composite across quality, acquirability, and risk. High-priority target — progress to serious diligence.

Business quality

Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.

Acquirability

Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.

Risk profile

Few red flags.

Signal strength

Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts

Cash

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Net Worth

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Current Assets

—

Current Liabilities

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102

Metric	2025-03-31	2024-03-31
Average employees	300	300

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

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Recent activity

Last 30 days

filings

Last 90 days

filings

Last 180 days

filing

• 1 confirmation-statement

Counts from Companies House filing history.

Corporate timeline (25 events)Click to expand

2025-06-30
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-05-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-16
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capital-name-of-class-of-shares
capital · SH08
2025-05-16
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-05-12
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2025-04-14
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FLUEN, Emily Elizabeth appointed
director
2024-05-31
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-09-22
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-13
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change-person-secretary-company-with-change-date
officers · CH03
2022-12-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-12-13
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change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2022-12-13
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-08-04
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change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2022-07-14
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accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-06-09
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appoint-person-director-company-with-name-date
officers · AP01
2022-05-20
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FLUEN, William James John appointed
director
2022-02-28
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change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-address
address · AD01
2021-07-07
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capital-alter-shares-redemption-statement-of-capital
capital · SH02
2021-07-07
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resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2021-07-07
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legacy
capital · SH20
2007-03-07
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Company incorporated
As ANDOVER MINI STORAGE LIMITED
2007-03-07
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FLUEN, William Anthony appointed
secretary
2007-03-07
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FLUEN, Kay Mary appointed
director
2007-03-07
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FLUEN, William Anthony appointed
director

Owner dependency

73/100

High — earn-out structure required

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

FACTORS

-4 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
+Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 19 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
+Founder age: Director aged approximately 68 — succession pressure is live.
+Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

23/100

No succession signal

No meaningful acquirability indicators from public data.

SIGNALS

primaryFamily succession underway: Not a takeover target — FLUEN, Emily Elizabeth (same surname) appointed 2025-04-14. Pattern consistent with intra-family handover.
primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 68. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 19 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

2 active beneficial owners

Name	Shares	Voting rights	Nature of control	Notified
Kay Mary Fluen Individual · British · DOB 09/1963 · age 63	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/03/2017
William Anthony Fluen Individual · British · DOB 07/1958 · age 68	25–50%	25–50%	25-50% shares · 25-50% voting	07/03/2017

1 historic (ceased) PSC

William Richard Fluenceased 07/11/2017· 75-100% shares · 75-100% voting

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

Incorporated2007-03-07

Jurisdictionengland-wales

Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Suite 2 Healey House, Dene Road

Andover

Hampshire

SP10 2AA

United Kingdom

Filing status

Accounts

Next due: 2026-12-31

Last made up to: 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement

Next due: 2027-04-28

Last: 2026-04-14