ANETON LIMITED
🌳Matureactive
06817182 · ltd · incorporated 2009-02-12
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.
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
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year to Jul 2025
Net worth
£-103.7k
book net assets
Opportunity
80/100
Exceptional
What this business does
Primary activity: Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Sector: Professional, scientific & technical
Investor take
Pass (distressed without resilience)Distressed active trading company — structural issues outweigh the discount.
Opportunity 80/100 (exceptional), bankability 75/100. Strong seller-intent signal (83/100, director aged 72). Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Biggest value-creation lever: Cash flow review and working-capital discipline. Cash down -46% YoY — forensic review of receivables, stock turns, and creditor days. Most likely exit: share sale to pe / searcher (73/100).
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 (2 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
1 connected companies via shared directors
48
Filing history
51 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 declaredNegative net assets
Liabilities exceed assets by £103,690
Cash draining
Cash down 46% YoY
Cash YoY
-46%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
£1k
↓ 46% YoY
Net Worth
-£104k
↓ 7.4% YoY
Current Assets
£26k
↑ 211% YoY
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · accounting standard unknown| Metric | 2025-07-31 | 2024-07-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Total assets | £-103.7k | £-96.5k |
| Current assets | £26.3k | £8.5k |
| Cash | £1.4k | £2.6k |
| Debtors | £24.9k | £5.9k |
| Net assets | £-103.7k | £-96.5k |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
2 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →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 (22 events)Click to expand
- 2026-02-23📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2026-01-06📍move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-addressaddress · AD04
- 2025-04-25📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-12-20📄accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridgedaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2021-01-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2021-01-20📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2021-01-20📄change-to-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC04
- 2020-12-02📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2020-04-21📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2020-01-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2020-01-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2019-04-26📄accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entityaccounts · AA
- 2019-01-29📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2015-02-11➖SIMPSON, Anthony Leonard resigneddirector
- 2010-04-21➕SIMPSON, Anthony Leonard appointeddirector
- 2009-02-12🏢Company incorporatedAs ANETON LIMITED
- 2009-02-12➕DOUGLAS, Andrew Vladimir appointeddirector
- 2009-02-12➕DOUGLAS, Christianne Elizabeth Mary appointeddirector
Owner dependency
91/100
Critical — business is the founderThe 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 17 years — deep operational knowledge concentrated in one person.
- +Founder age: Director aged approximately 72 — succession pressure is live.
- +Family involvement: Multiple officers share a surname — likely family business, which concentrates governance.
Succession & seller-readiness
89/100
Likely off-market candidateStrong acquirability signals converging. Worth approaching directly — this is how off-market deals start.
SIGNALS
- primaryFounder aged 70+: Senior director is approximately 72 years old. Natural succession window is now.
- 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
cleanNo 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mr Andrew Vladimir Douglas Individual · British · DOB 12/1954 · age 72 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
Mrs Christianne Elizabeth Mary Douglas Individual · British · DOB 01/1961 · age 65 | 25–50% | 25–50% | 25-50% shares · 25-50% voting | 06/04/2016 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2009-02-12
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC70229 — Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Registered office
V317 Vox Studios 1-45 Durham Street
London
SE11 5JH
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2027-04-30
Last made up to: 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-01-20
Last: 2026-01-06
Officers (2 active · 1 resigned)
DOUGLAS, Andrew Vladimir→
Activedirector · ~72y · appointed 2009-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
DOUGLAS, Christianne Elizabeth Mary→
Activedirector · ~65y · appointed 2009-02-12
View their other companies + combined net worth →
SIMPSON, Anthony Leonard→
Resigneddirector · ~66y · appointed 2010-04-21 · resigned 2015-02-11
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Recent filings (51 total)
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2026-02-23
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-01-06
move-registers-to-registered-office-company-with-new-address
address · AD04
2026-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2025-04-25
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2024-03-20
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-01-08
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-unaudited-abridged
accounts · AA
2022-12-20
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2022-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2022-01-06
accounts-with-accounts-type-micro-entity
accounts · AA
2021-04-26
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2021-01-20
change-person-director-company-with-change-date
officers · CH01
2021-01-20
change-to-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC04
2021-01-20