ANGLIA COATING SOLUTIONS LTD

🌳Matureactive
06746049 · ltd · incorporated 2008-11-11
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 Mar 2025
Net worth
£64.0k
book net assets
Opportunity
76/100
Strong
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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
Strong opportunity: asset-holding vehicle with strong profile and bankable structure.

Opportunity 76/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. High owner-dependency — earn-out structure likely required for clean transition. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (58/100).

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
2 officers (2 active, 2 linked, 2 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
41 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
76/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional 

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

Business quality
70
Active, clean filings, stable charge profile.
Acquirability
65
Some acquirability indicators.
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 £63,956

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
—
Net Worth
£64k
↑ 35% YoY
Current Assets
£198k
↓ 23% YoY
Current Liabilities
—
£0£51k£103k£154k£205k£256kMar 2024Mar 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 105 (micro)
Metric2025-03-312024-03-31
Total assets£64.8k£47.3k
Current assets£198.2k£256.3k
Net assets£64.0k£47.3k

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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filings
Last 90 days
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filings
Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 officers
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (18 events)Click to expand
  1. 2026-02-27
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    change-person-director-company
    officers · CH01
  2. 2025-08-20
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    accounts · AA
  3. 2024-07-18
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    accounts · AA
  4. 2023-06-09
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  5. 2023-02-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  6. 2022-01-20
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  7. 2020-07-15
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    accounts · AA
  8. 2019-09-05
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    accounts · AA
  9. 2018-12-26
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
    accounts · AA
  10. 2017-07-19
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    accounts · AA
  11. 2016-09-14
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
    accounts · AA
  12. 2016-01-06
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    annual-return · AR01
  13. 2015-11-18
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    accounts · AA
  14. 2015-08-14
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    address · AD01
  15. 2014-11-13
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    annual-return-company-with-made-up-date-full-list-shareholders
    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2008-11-11
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    Company incorporated
    As ANGLIA COATING SOLUTIONS LTD
  17. 2008-11-11
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    POPE, Kirstie Jayne appointed
    director
  18. 2008-11-11
    ➕
    TILFORD, Dean 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
  • +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.
  • +No director turnover: Company is 18 years old with no director changes — suggests a very tight-knit founder team never broadened.

Succession & seller-readiness

59/100
Strong succession signal

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

SIGNALS
  • 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

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Dean Tilford
Individual · British · DOB 10/1969 · 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
Incorporated2008-11-11
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC82990 — Other business support service activities n.e.c.

Registered office

Pantree Swardeston Lane
East Carleton
Norwich
NR14 8LF

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-12-31
Last made up to: 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-11-25
Last: 2025-11-11

Officers (2 active · 0 resigned)

POPE, Kirstie Jayne→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-11-11
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TILFORD, Dean→
director · ~57y · appointed 2008-11-11
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Recent filings (41 total)

change-person-director-company
officers · CH01
2026-02-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2025-08-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-11-11
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2024-07-18
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-06-09
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2023-02-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-14
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-01-20
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-01
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2020-07-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-11-26
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2019-09-05