ANGELIC SCENTS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06658424 · ltd · incorporated 2008-07-29
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 Jul 2025
Net worth
£722
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets
Sector: Wholesale & retail
Investor take
Pursue
Asset-holding vehicle with a 62-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 62). 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
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 2 with DOB)
83
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
3 connected companies via shared directors
54
Filing history
40 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 · accounting standard not declared
Positive net assets
Net assets £722
Net assets shrinking
Down £2,629 YoY

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£722
↓ 78% YoY
Current Assets
£3k
↓ 62% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£1k£3k£4k£5k£7kJul 2024Jul 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown
Metric2025-07-312024-07-31
Total assets£911£5.0k
Current assets£2.5k£6.6k
Net assets£722£3.4k

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

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 (19 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  2. 2025-09-23
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    memorandum-articles
    incorporation · MA
  3. 2025-09-19
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    resolution
    resolution · RESOLUTIONS
  4. 2025-03-25
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2024-04-07
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    certificate-change-of-name-company
    change-of-name · CERTNM
  6. 2024-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2023-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  8. 2022-04-13
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  9. 2021-04-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2020-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  11. 2019-04-05
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  12. 2018-04-23
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  13. 2017-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  14. 2016-04-21
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-small
    accounts · AA
  15. 2015-07-31
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-07-29
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGELIC SCENTS LTD
  17. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    LAKE, Deborah Anne appointed
    secretary
  18. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    LAKE, Deborah Anne appointed
    director
  19. 2008-07-29
    ➕
    LAKE, Jonathan Malcambe appointed
    director

Owner dependency

84/100
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 18 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

69/100
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.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 18 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 18 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

2 active beneficial owners
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Jonathan Malcambe Lake
Individual · British · DOB 07/1964 · age 62
25–50%
—25-50% shares06/04/2016
Mrs Deborah Anne Lake
Individual · British · DOB 02/1969 · age 57
25–50%
—25-50% 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
Incorporated2008-07-29
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC47990 — Other retail sale not in stores, stalls or markets

Registered office

150 Sherwell Valley Road
Torquay
Devon
TQ2 6ET

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-08-12
Last: 2025-07-29

Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)

LAKE, Deborah Anne→
secretary · appointed 2008-07-29
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LAKE, Deborah Anne→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-07-29
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LAKE, Jonathan Malcambe→
director · ~62y · appointed 2008-07-29
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Recent filings (40 total)

accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2026-04-20
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2025-09-23
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2025-09-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-07-30
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-03-25
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-07-29
certificate-change-of-name-company
change-of-name · CERTNM
2024-04-07
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-04-05
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-07-31
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-07-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-08-05
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-08-05