ANCOL PET PRODUCTS HOLDINGS LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06779004 · ltd · incorporated 2008-12-23
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.
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year to Dec 2024
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Opportunity
81/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Activities of head offices
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 87-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 81/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (63/100, director aged 87). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: medium (71/100)

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
6 officers (6 active, 6 linked, 5 with DOB)
87
Ownership & PSC
No PSCs filed (unusual — worth investigating)
35
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
40 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
Opportunity Score
81/100Exceptional
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
85
Strong succession / seller-readiness signals.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Dec 2023Dec 2024

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2024-12-312023-12-31

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

Recent activity

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Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-09-10
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    accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
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  2. 2024-02-29
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  3. 2023-02-23
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  4. 2022-09-13
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  5. 2021-04-30
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  6. 2020-10-01
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  7. 2019-03-15
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  8. 2018-03-08
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  9. 2017-03-15
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  10. 2016-03-08
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  11. 2015-12-23
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  12. 2015-05-12
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  13. 2014-12-23
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  14. 2014-03-25
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  15. 2013-12-23
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    annual-return · AR01
  16. 2009-10-01
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    LANE, Ann Marie appointed
    director
  17. 2009-10-01
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    LANE, Colin appointed
    director
  18. 2008-12-23
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    Company incorporated
    As ANCOL PET PRODUCTS HOLDINGS LIMITED
  19. 2008-12-23
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    LANE, Jonathan Paul appointed
    secretary
  20. 2008-12-23
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    LANE, Jonathan Paul appointed
    director
  21. 2008-12-23
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    LANE, Sarah Louise appointed
    director
  22. 2008-12-23
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    LANE, Simon Colin 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
  • -5 active directors: Broader management team in place — suggests transferable governance.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Founder age: Director aged approximately 87 — succession pressure is live.
  • +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.

Succession & seller-readiness

83/100
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 87 years old. Natural succession window is now.
  • secondary12+ year tenure: Director in role 17 years.
  • secondaryStable-but-static management: Company is 17 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.)
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Company details

Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2008-12-23
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70100 — Activities of head offices

Registered office

Ancol House Leamore Lane
Bloxwich
Walsall
West Midlands
WS2 7DA

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2026-12-29
Last: 2025-12-15

Officers (6 active · 0 resigned)

LANE, Jonathan Paul→
secretary · appointed 2008-12-23
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Active
LANE, Ann Marie→
director · ~85y · appointed 2009-10-01
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Active
LANE, Colin→
director · ~87y · appointed 2009-10-01
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Active
LANE, Jonathan Paul→
director · ~56y · appointed 2008-12-23
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Active
LANE, Sarah Louise→
director · ~58y · appointed 2008-12-23
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LANE, Simon Colin→
director · ~60y · appointed 2008-12-23
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Recent filings (40 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-12-15
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accounts · AA
2025-09-10
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2024-02-29
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-28
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2023-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-03
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2022-09-13
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-12-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2021-04-30
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2020-10-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2019-12-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-dormant
accounts · AA
2019-03-15
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2018-12-24