ANDERTON HALL LIMITED

🌳Matureactive
06797673 · ltd · incorporated 2009-01-21
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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year to Feb 2025
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Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
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What this business does
Primary activity: Financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pursue
Active trading company with a 63-year-old founder — textbook succession opportunity.

Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (70/100, director aged 63). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (65/100).

Data confidence

Overall: high (80/100)

Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.

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
5 officers (3 active, 5 linked, 4 with DOB)
86
Ownership & PSC
1 active PSC(s) of 1 total, 1 with control declared
90
Director network
4 connected companies via shared directors
57
Filing history
52 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.

Key financials

2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accounts
Cash
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£0£0£0£0£0£0Feb 2024Feb 2025

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Financials

Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 102
Metric2025-02-282024-02-29
Average employees200200

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

Recent activity

Last 30 days
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filings
Last 90 days
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Last 180 days
1
filing
  • • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (23 events)Click to expand
  1. 2025-11-26
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  2. 2024-11-25
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  3. 2023-11-30
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  4. 2022-11-29
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  5. 2022-02-14
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  6. 2022-02-02
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  7. 2022-02-01
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  8. 2021-02-19
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  9. 2019-11-29
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  10. 2018-11-29
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  11. 2017-11-30
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  12. 2016-11-30
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  13. 2016-06-06
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  14. 2016-02-08
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  15. 2015-11-30
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  16. 2014-02-19
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    GREGORY, Linda resigned
    director
  17. 2010-05-10
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    KIRKWOOD, Edwin James resigned
    director
  18. 2009-01-30
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    HALL, Cheryl appointed
    director
  19. 2009-01-30
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    HALLIGAN, Martin Paul appointed
    director
  20. 2009-01-30
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    KIRKWOOD, Edwin James appointed
    director
  21. 2009-01-21
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    Company incorporated
    As ANDERTON HALL LIMITED
  22. 2009-01-21
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    REEVES, Cheryl appointed
    secretary
  23. 2009-01-21
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    GREGORY, Linda appointed
    director

Owner dependency

91/100
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 "HALL" — strong identity link between founder and business.
  • +Long-tenure founder: Senior director has been in place 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
  • +Senior director age: Director aged approximately 63 — approaching natural succession window.

Succession & seller-readiness

79/100
Likely off-market candidate

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

SIGNALS
  • primaryFounder aged 63+: Senior director is approximately 63. Approaching typical UK retirement age — succession thinking likely.
  • secondaryTwo-director governance: Small-team governance. Succession depth is thin but not absent.
  • 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.)

Shareholders & ownership

1 active beneficial owner
NameSharesVoting rightsNature of controlNotified
Mr Martin Paul Halligan
Individual · British · DOB 07/1966 · age 60
25–50%
25–50%board control25-50% shares · 25-50% voting · board control06/04/2016

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
Incorporated2009-01-21
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70221 — Financial management

Registered office

Unit 9 Gemini Business Park
Sheepscar Way
Leeds
LS7 3JB
England

Filing status

Accounts
Next due: 2026-11-30
Last made up to: 2025-02-28
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-02-04
Last: 2026-01-21

Officers (3 active · 2 resigned)

REEVES, Cheryl→
secretary · appointed 2009-01-21
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Active
HALL, Cheryl→
director · ~63y · appointed 2009-01-30
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Active
HALLIGAN, Martin Paul→
director · ~60y · appointed 2009-01-30
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Active
GREGORY, Linda→
director · ~70y · appointed 2009-01-21 · resigned 2014-02-19
Resigned
KIRKWOOD, Edwin James→
director · ~71y · appointed 2009-01-30 · resigned 2010-05-10
Resigned

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Recent filings (52 total)

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confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-02-18
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2025-11-26
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2025-02-03
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accounts · AA
2024-11-25
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2024-01-29
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accounts · AA
2023-11-30
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-02-10
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accounts · AA
2022-11-29
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-02-14
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gazette · DISS40
2022-02-02
gazette-notice-compulsory
gazette · GAZ1
2022-02-01
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-27
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confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-03-22
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2021-02-19
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2020-02-27